seestarpy 0.7.1

A light-weight python module to drive the Seestar smart telescopes

This package is on ReadTheDocs. See seestarpy.readthedocs.io

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Version compatibility

The minor version tracks the oldest Seestar major firmware version supported. seestarpy 0.7.x supports firmware 7.x (tested on 7.18 and 7.75) and everything newer — 8.46 and 8.89 included. When firmware 7 support is dropped, seestarpy becomes 0.8.

If your Seestar runs firmware earlier than v7.18, install an older release: pip install "seestarpy<0.5".

Firmware 7.18+ requires authentication — see the authentication docs.

Live dashboard

One screen for every Seestar on the network — each gets a card with its current stacked image and status, and cards appear as scopes are switched on:

$ pip install "seestarpy[dashboard]"
$ python -m seestarpy.dashboard

Add --lan to reach it from a phone or tablet. See the dashboard tutorial.

Quickstart

Install seestarpy using pip:

$ pip install seestarpy

Usage example:

from seestarpy import connection as conn
from seestarpy import raw
    
conn.DEFAULT_IP = "192.168.1.243"                # NOTE - set your own IP address! This is mine.
raw.test_connection()                            # Test if the seestar is connected to the wifi in station mode

raw.scope_move_to_horizon()                      # Turn on telescope
raw.iscope_start_view(ra=13.4, dec=54.9, target_name="Mizar")  # Move to target and turn on camera
raw.iscope_start_stack()                         # Start stacking sub-frames   

raw.iscope_stop_view("Stack")                    # Turn off frame stacking
raw.iscope_stop_view("ContinuousExposure")       # Turn off camera
raw.pi_shutdown(True)                            # force=True to avoid mistakenly shutting down