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Remote Automation

Remote Automation. Access to Site. Even remote sites need some maintenance You don’t want to fly 2000 miles to replace a USB cable Make arrangements with a near by resident. Types Dome Clam Shells Rolloff. Domes. No Protection from wind and dew Park mount before closing the roof

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Remote Automation

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  1. Remote Automation

  2. Access to Site • Even remote sites need some maintenance • You don’t want to fly 2000 miles to replace a USB cable • Make arrangements with a near by resident

  3. Types • Dome • Clam Shells • Rolloff

  4. Domes • No Protection from wind and dew • Park mount before closing the roof • Open and close, no other interface needed • No problem with shut down of the dome with scope • Protection from wind and dew • Requires a dome controller to sync to the telescope Roll Off Roofs

  5. Software and Hardware • TheSky6 Professional • Polar Align Max • FocusMax • Maxim DL • CCD Commander • Pole Adjust (AP Mounts) • CCD Stack • CCD Inspector • T Point • GSC Plate Solve CCD Soft/Sky Maxim DL/Pinpoint LE • Solid Goto Mount • Cloud Sensor • Weather Station • RoboFocus • RoboFocus Power Module • UPS Battery Backup • Security Cameras (IP address) • Computer, router, etc. • FTP Server - CuteFTP

  6. Take an Image • Automatically take any kind of image • Automatically find a guide star - adjusting the guide exposure as necessary, • Wait for the guide star to reach the specified error before starting the exposures. • Automatically flip a GEM at the meridian, plate solve to match the pre-flip o any • Plate Solve and Sync or Offset • Focus • Rotate an instrument rotator • Dome control • Intelligent Temperature Control • Intelligently set the CCD cooler to the coldest temperature possible from a list of acceptable temperatures. • Wait for any RA/Dec coordinate or TheSky defined Object to reach a minimum altitude. Wait for any specified time • Park the Mount • Automatic Flats • Exposure time computed automatically to achieve the specified target ADU value. • Dusk and dawn flats. • "Screen" or "Dome" flats

  7. http://www.sharplesscatalog.com • Goals • To image the entire 313 objects using HA-RGB • When OIII is present, use the Hubble color mapping • Sulfur II for Red • Hydrogen Alpha for Green • Oxygen III for Blue • Also HA, OIII, and HeII for RGB • Using 3nm filters, HA, NII, OIII for RGB • Website outlined to describe how nebula responds to CCD camera and suggestions • Plan to create an atlas or book of some kind in 2010

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  16. Dean Salman (astro@ccdimages.com) http://www.ccdimages.com My Web site is designed so that you can customize it on your computer for your location to get statistical information on the sun, moon, and planets. This includes lunar phases to 2035, rise and set times, magnitudes, phases, RA and DEC positions, distances, and much more. In addition, I update my database every month with current events happening in the sky and what the planets are doing for the current month. To set up your location, just enter your US or Canada city or zip code on the top of the page. If your city is not found or you do not have a U.S. or Canada zip code, use the City Locator. You can save your location for future visits so you do not have to enter your information each time you visit my site. Be sure to check out my mobile web site as well if you have access to the Web on your cell phone. http://www.ccdexplorer.com http://www.sharplesscatalog.com http://thenightsky.mobi (my mobile web site)

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