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by blackhaz
100 days ago
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Fantastic news. As ACP is no longer in development, I am starting to slowly look for a replacement, and a few things that come up in my mind: - Will it work with MaximDL to acquire images and autoguide, or will it simply not need it at all?
- Will it work with PWI3 for autofocusing?
- Will offset tracking (at custom dRA, dDec rates) be implemented at some point to track artificial satellites?
- Will it at some point implement targeting using TLEs and MPC elements?
- I am extensively using #WAITZENDIST and other #WAIT directives to wait for an object to be at certain altitude - would be really good to implement that in observation plans (a single plan can do a number of things sequentially.)
- Can plans launch custom Python scripts and read/write stuff from/to files? I probably want too much at this point, but sincerely wishing you best of luck with this incredible project, will definitely follow all the developments! |
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Satellite tracking to be implemented in the future, working on it these months with a student of mine.
Object scheduling timing is down to the user - but the wait directives does sound like a useful feature!
Custom python scripts are possible, please check out here: https://docs.withastra.io/user_guide/custom_observatories
I also recommend checking out the introduction video that covers install and setup :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIElFSS1hkA