Autoguider

[GuLinux]

Possible implementations:

1. Use PHD2 APIs: https://github.com/OpenPHDGuiding/phd2/wiki/EventMonitoring Upsides:

• Requires less effort
• Reliable and well tested guiding solution Downsides:
• will require the user to start and configure PHD2 via remote desktop, unless a "core only" version is implemented by PHD2 team (https://github.com/OpenPHDGuiding/phd2/issues/683)

2. Use donuts: https://github.com/jmccormac01/Donuts Upsides:

• Python library available, so it shouldn't be a huge effort to include it.
• Used by professional astronomers Downsides:
• Would require considerably more work than PHD2
• Although the drift detection comes almost for free, telescope driving will have to be implemented, possibly with a PID algorithm
• As it's a new implementation it will need lots of testing before it can be considered reliable

depends on:

• #160
• #161
• #165