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'''Software Bisque, Inc.''' (formerly named ''Computer Assist Services'') is a corporation based in [[Golden, Colorado]] that develops robotics telescope mounts and accessories and publishes [[software]] used in [[astronomy]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Software Bisque |url=http://www.bisque.com/sc/ |publisher=Software Bisque |accessdate=3 August 2012}}</ref> It was founded in 1984 by current president and [[CEO]], Stephen M. Bisque.

==History==
Bisque initially developed and marketed custom financial [[software]] and also sold a [[DOS]]-based astronomy program named ''[[TheSky (astronomy software)|TheSky]]''. At that time, the company was based in Bisque's home in [[Golden, Colorado|Golden]], [[Colorado]].

In 1990, Bisque hired his brothers Thomas, Daniel and Matthew. Together they ported TheSky for DOS to [[Windows 3.0]]. In 1992, ''TheSky for Windows'' was released. The product has been under continuous development since it was first released in the early 1980s; the current version is known as TheSkyX.<ref name=ST-July2012>{{cite journal |last=di Cicco |first=Dennis |title=The Paramount MX |url=http://www.skyandtelescope.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/Paramount+MX+2012+LR+copy.pdf |journal=[[Sky & Telescope]] |date=July 2012 |volume=124 |issue=1 |pages=64–67 |bibcode=2012S&T...124a..64D |issn=0037-6604}}</ref>

==Products==
Software Bisque has since developed and sold many astronomy-related products, including:
*[[TheSky (astronomy software)|TheSky]], TheSkyX Astronomy Software, Camera Add On, Dome Add On, and TPoint Add On<ref name=ST-July2012/>
*[[TheSky (astronomy software)|TheSky]] Pocket Edition for [[Windows Mobile]] devices{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}
*CCDSoft, a program for the acquisition and development of [[Charge-coupled device|CCD]] images{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}
*[[Tpoint|TPoint]] for Windows, telescope analysis and pointing correction software<ref name=ST-July2012/>
*Orchestrate, a program for automating multiple astronomy devices, allowing fully automatic operation and data acquisition{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}
*Seeker, an [[OpenGL]] three-dimensional solar system simulator{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}
*AutomaDome, astronomical dome control software{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}
*PrecisionPEC, periodic error correction modeling software{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}
*Paramount ME, Paramount ME II, Paramount MX, Paramount MYT [[German equatorial mount|German equatorial telescope mounts]], and the Paramount Taurus equatorial fork mounts (models 400, 500 and 600), all models include the Paramount Software Suite for integrated software control on Mac, Windows and Linux operating systems<ref name=ST-July2012/>
*BisqueTCS, a dual-axis DC servomotor telescope motion control system{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}

Amateurs have discovered over 500 new objects (including [[comet]]s, minor [[planet]]s, [[supernova]]s, and cataclysmic [[variable star]]s) using these products.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|bisque.com}}

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