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## 2.- Description

- This GitHub contains a fully functional Star Tracker that you can test on a Linux PC. Nevertheless, the main idea is to use it with a Raspberry Pi (RPi) and its camera (V2.1) in an autonomously way.
- This GitHub contains a fully functional Star Tracker that you can test on a Linux PC.
Nevertheless, the main idea is to use it with a Raspberry Pi (RPi) and its camera (V2.1) in an autonomously way.
- This code is written in _Python 2.7_. All the code and the necessary files are in the __RPI__ folder.
- This GitHub is __free__ and __open__ to everyone interested in using it, __especially researchers working on CubeSats.__ We encourage interested
researchers to aid in growing up this project!
- This GitHub is __free__ and __open__ to everyone interested in using it, __especially researchers working on CubeSats.__
We encourage interested researchers to aid in growing up this project!

## 3.- Installation instructions

1. Two open software commonly used in the astronomy field: __Source Extractor__ and __Match__, are the base of this STT code. To use this STT, you need to install first these two software. You can do it manually in the following way: <br />
A.1.- Get and install [Source Extractor.](https://www.astromatic.net/software/sextractor)
1.1.- Get and install [Source Extractor.](https://www.astromatic.net/software/sextractor)
You can find this program in the Linux (RPI) repository, and install it by typing in the terminal:
```bash
sudo apt install sextractor
```
```bash
sudo apt install sextractor
```
We use __version 2.19.5__ in our implementation. <br />
A.2.- Get and install [Match](http://spiff.rit.edu/match/). We use __version 0.14__ in our program.<br />
As an alternative to his installation, you also can install these software using the script called _stt_installer.sh_, which is in the __RPI__ folder. Type the following in the terminal:
1.2.- Get and install [Match](http://spiff.rit.edu/match/). We use __version 0.14__ in our program.<br />
As an alternative to this installation, you also can install these software using the script called _stt_installer.sh_,
which is in the __RPI__ folder. Type the following in the terminal:
```bash
cd RPI
./stt_installer.sh
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