Hi, I'm looking for a sponsor for gcx, an astronomical gtk app. I'm also the upstream author for this package, which has had about two dozen public source releases in the last 2.5 years (see freshmeat page: http://freshmeat.net/gcx for statistics).
The package files can be found at http://gcx.sf.net/debian The package is lintian and linda-clean and builds with pbuilder for woody, sarge and sid. Package details follow: Package: gcx Version: 0.9.7-1 Section: science Priority: optional Architecture: i386 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1), libglib1.2 (>= 1.2.0), libgtk1.2 (>= 1.2.10-4), li bx11-6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0), libxext6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0), libxi6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0 ) Recommends: gnuplot Installed-Size: 2828 Maintainer: Radu Corlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description: astronomical image processing and photometry gtk+ application Gcx is an astronomical image processing and data reduction tool, with an easy to use graphical user interface. It provides a complete set of data reduction functions for CCD photometry, with frame WCS fitting, automatic star identification, aperture photometry of target and standard stars, single-frame ensemble photometry solution finding, multi-frame color coefficient fitting, extinction coefficient fitting, and all-sky photometry; as well as general-purpose astronomical image processing functions (bias, dark, flat, frame alignment and stacking); It can function as a FITS viewer. . For automating data reduction of large numbers of frames, gcx implements recipe files. These files contain specific information about the objects measured in each field. Once a recipe file is created for a given field, any number of frames of that field can be reduced without user intervention. . The program can control CCD cameras and telescopes, and implement automatic observation scripting. Cameras are controlled through a hardware-specific server, to which gcx connects through a TCP socket. It generates FITS files with comprehensive header information. . Telescopes and mounts using the LX200 protocol are supported. Gcx uses it's automatic field identification functions to refine telecope pointing accuracy. . When invoked without arguments, the program runs in GUI mode. Most functions are also accessible through command line options, allowing integration in a custom reduction pipeline.
