StellariumScope is a FREE add-on to Stellarium (an excellent, free, open-source planetarium program)which enables you to control your telescope. The original program was designed and implemented by Scott of ByteArts. He has allowed me to maintain the program for the time being.
JonD

• Provides the interface between Stellarium and the ASCOM telescope drivers.

• Provides the ability to both "Sync" and "Slew" the telescope.

Requirements:

• Windows 98 or above. However, this version has only been tested with Windows XP and Windows Vista.
  

• Stellarium program (version 8 or above). However, this version has only been tested with Stellarium 0.9.1 and Stellarium 0.10.1 You can download a copy of Stellarium from http://www.stellarium.org
  You should note that Stellarium 0.10.x requires fully up to date video drivers on your computer.
  

• ASCOM drivers for your telescope and the appropriate interface cable. You can get the ASCOM drivers from http://ascom-standards.org.

The image above shows the new interface and some of the new features. The new version is released as a beta testing version.  This means there may be issues with the release. Use this release (as with all software that controls your mount) with supervision of you mount's movements.

The installation program will automatically install the documentation but the link to the documentation is provided here so you can read it before installation.

Here's the interim documentation for the  new version 190 Kb

Release 2010-01-23

Setup_StellariumScope_20100123 [1.9M]

This release attempts to solve some issues for those users with different resolution settings on their computers. 

It allows you to manually change the keys used to control the mount (you have to edit the ini file).

It enables the telescope connect at all times.

It add some information about running StellariumScope on a computer different from the one running Stellarium.

Release 2009-08-24

StellariumScope 20090824 [1.9M]

This release is a  beta version that allows you to convert the J2000 coordinates to JNOW.  It replaces the previous time-limited JNOW release (this release is not time limited). It restores the auto-start for Stellarium option but still adds the explicit button.

Release 2009-08-20

StellariumScope 20090820 [1.9M]

This release is a  beta version that allows you to convert the J2000 coordinates to JNOW.  It replaces the previous time-limited JNOW release (this release is not time limited). It replaces the auto-start option for Stellarium with an explicit button.

Release 2009-06-27

StellariumScope 20090627 [1.9M]

This release fixes the problem of the poll time not being remembered between sessions.

It also adds the option that allows the use of the desktop colors theme.  This feature is helpful if you are trying reduce the "brightness" of your computer screen and have selected a theme with  very little  bright colours.

I use Windows XP pro, so my settings would be:

   Display properties | Appearance | Windows and buttons | Windows Classic Style
   Display properties | Appearance | Color Scheme | High Contrast Black

This gives a very dark screen. It also helps to go into the screen settings and reduce the brightness and contrast settings.

Release 2009-03-02

StellariumScope 20090302 [1.9M]

Please be sure to provide feedback about the performance, features or bugs... use the "Contact Us" menu item to the left. Even just a 'quickie' note to say that you're using it and that it suits your needs would be appreciated.

Original Version

An older version of StellariumScope is still available here: Download StellariumScope V2008.6.6 [750KB]

This older version works quite well with the latest version of Stellarium with the exception that you will probably have to use the manual method to setup Stellarium. See the documentation included in the download.