Great suggestion! I meant to include this as a feature request in the kstars Git.

TheSkyX has a similar feature, if a filter slot is given the description/name !shutter!, then TSX uses that filter slot as a substitute for a mechanical shutter when taking darks.

A great idea and one that would be awesome in Kstars/Ekos (not sure if INDI would end to change, I suspect not).

Read More...