diff --git a/plans/README.md b/plans/README.md deleted file mode 100644 index a55f277..0000000 --- a/plans/README.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,65 +0,0 @@ -# Observing plans and the T33 session runbook - -ACP observing plans for iTelescope scopes, plus the procedure to run one on T33 -(the free Siding Spring scope). Credentials are NOT in this repo: they live in -the local claudetemp itelescope folder (creds.txt, `username=`/`password=` lines). - -## Plan format (ACP) - -See [ngc104-test.txt](ngc104-test.txt). Directives, then a target line: -`NameRA_decimal_hoursDec_decimal_degrees`. Counts, intervals, binning -and filters are parallel comma-separated lists. `#shutdown` parks safely at the -end (iTelescope's own one-click plans do the same). - -## T33 endpoints (base http://t33.itelescope.net:8033, HTTP auth = iTelescope creds) - -| Purpose | Path | -|---|---| -| Status JSON (times, obsStat, obsOwner) | /ac/SystemStatus/asystemstatus.asp | -| Console text | /ac/SystemStatus/aconsread.asp | -| Scope connect control | /ac/SystemStatus/ascopeconn.asp | -| Shutter/roof status | /ac/SystemStatus/ashutterctl.asp | -| My plan folder (list/upload/delete) | /plans/qisback/aindex.asp, aupload.asp, adelfile.asp | -| Run a plan ("Acquire Images") | POST /ac/Plans/plan.asp | -| My logs | /logs/qisback/aindex.asp | -| Finished data | data.itelescope.net | - -Upload: multipart POST to `/plans/qisback/aupload.asp`, fields `File1` (the file) -and `DestPath=/plans/qisback`. Verified working 2026-07-18; content round-trips -exactly. - -Run: the web UI posts the plan select to `/ac/Plans/plan.asp`; the select's value -is the WINDOWS path `C:\ProgramData\ACP\ACP Web Data\Doc Root\plans\qisback\`. -Field names seen: `plan`, optional `VPhot`, `AutoLogoff`. NOT yet exercised live -(observatory was closed, daytime); the first live session must confirm whether a -scope-connect POST (ascopeconn.asp) is required first, and capture the exact -response shape. - -## The 47 Tuc free-session test (ngc104-test.txt) - -- Target: NGC 104 / 47 Tucanae, RA 0.4015 h, Dec -72.0814 deg (circumpolar at SSO). -- L 4x120 s, RGB 2x90 s each, Bin2: about 17 min exposure, about 24 min with - overhead, inside the daily free 30 minutes. -- Uploaded to /plans/qisback/ on 2026-07-18 and verified. - -### When to run - -47 Tuc clears T33's 20 degree minimum elevation in the second half of the SSO -night. SSO local = UTC+10; the good window is roughly 14:00-19:30 UTC (UK -afternoon/evening). Sunrise at SSO was 06:14 local (20:14 UTC) at recon time; -stop well before dawn. - -### Procedure - -1. GET asystemstatus.asp: confirm observatory open (obsStat) and no other user - (obsOwner n/a). If someone is on, wait and retry; T33 is first-come. -2. Confirm the plan file is still in /plans/qisback/ (aindex.asp). -3. POST plan.asp with the plan's Windows path to start acquisition. -4. Poll aconsread.asp (console) every minute or two: slew, centering, filter - changes, exposures. The run self-terminates via #shutdown. -5. Images land in /images/qisback/ on the scope server and then on - data.itelescope.net; logs in /logs/qisback/. -6. Record the session outcome in state/NOTES.md. - -Abort path if something looks wrong: the web UI exposes an abort on the console -page; locate it live before starting exposures (not yet mapped). diff --git a/plans/ngc104-test.txt b/plans/ngc104-test.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 0241f79..0000000 --- a/plans/ngc104-test.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@ -; -; 47 Tucanae (NGC 104) free-session test plan for qisback -; L 4x120s, RGB 2x90s each, Bin2. ~17 min exposure, ~24 min with overhead. -; -#largepreviews -#tiff -#count 4,2,2,2 -#interval 120,90,90,90 -#binning 2,2,2,2 -#filter Luminance,Red,Green,Blue -NGC104 0.401500 -72.081389 -#shutdown diff --git a/state/TODO.md b/state/TODO.md index b88c381..ffc7f9c 100644 --- a/state/TODO.md +++ b/state/TODO.md @@ -15,11 +15,7 @@ ## In progress -- T33 first-light test: ngc104-test.txt (47 Tuc, ~24 min LRGB) uploaded to - /plans/qisback/ on T33 and verified. Run window: 2026-07-19 roughly 14:00-19:30 - UTC when 47 Tuc clears the 20 degree limit. Procedure in plans/README.md. - Remaining: live-run the plan (confirm the plan.asp POST and any scope-connect - step), monitor via console, pull images/logs, record outcome in NOTES. +- (nothing) ## Pending