The pro version comes with built-in Python scripting so you can add your own functionality. Using ASCOM, it can communicate with your mount, focuser, and filter wheel all in one place.

Second, SharpCap can control devices besides the camera. Notably, it does not work with SBIG cameras or DSLRs (although ASCOM drivers for DSLRs are in development), but a folder-monitoring tool works as a catch-all for cameras that do not work directly with SharpCap. SharpCap supports a vast array of cameras, including those using ASCOM, DirectShow, native drivers, and frame grabbers.

Images and videos can be saved in standard formats (AVI, JPG, TIF, etc) as well as astronomy formats (SER, FITS), and a separate text file saves the capture settings. This capability is great for framing, focusing, and aligning your telescope, as well as capturing planetary videos or a series of deep sky target images. You can set the exposure time and gain, and the live feed is displayed with a screen-stretchable histogram. First, it provides a quick and easy way to view the input from your camera.

SharpCap has an ever-increasing set of useful tools for astrophotographers.

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