Acquisition & control · Windows · Open source

ASCOM Platform

A widely adopted standard and driver platform on Windows that lets astronomy software talk to mounts, cameras, focusers, and other devices through a common interface, so any compliant application can control any compliant device. ASCOM is the interoperability glue of the Windows astrophotography ecosystem.

Highlights

›The common device-control interface on Windows

At a glance

Platforms: Windows
Licence: Open source

INDI
Equatorial Mount

Across the software ecosystem

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Knowledge connections

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Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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