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Telescope review: all 23 active iTelescope systems #1

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laurence merged 1 commit from telescope-review into main 2026-07-17 14:21:10 +01:00
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Full review of the iTelescope.net network: TELESCOPES.md with per-observatory sections, a spec block and assessment for each of the 23 active telescopes, a use-case choosing table, and general observations. Source CSV snapshotted under data/.

Tools used

curl (Google Sheet CSV export, Forgejo API), WebFetch of the Freshdesk support article. The go.itelescope.net launchpad is login-only and was not scraped.

What was achieved

Every telescope in the maintained specs sheet is reviewed; discrepancies with the older support article (retired T9/T19/T31/T69, unlisted newer scopes) are recorded in state/DECISIONS.md. Remaining state/ files filled in: TODO, NOTES, ARCHITECTURE, README.

## Feature Full review of the iTelescope.net network: TELESCOPES.md with per-observatory sections, a spec block and assessment for each of the 23 active telescopes, a use-case choosing table, and general observations. Source CSV snapshotted under data/. ## Tools used curl (Google Sheet CSV export, Forgejo API), WebFetch of the Freshdesk support article. The go.itelescope.net launchpad is login-only and was not scraped. ## What was achieved Every telescope in the maintained specs sheet is reviewed; discrepancies with the older support article (retired T9/T19/T31/T69, unlisted newer scopes) are recorded in state/DECISIONS.md. Remaining state/ files filled in: TODO, NOTES, ARCHITECTURE, README.
laurence added 1 commit 2026-07-17 14:21:03 +01:00 
Adds TELESCOPES.md, a per-observatory review of every telescope on the
iTelescope.net network with a spec block and an assessment for each, a
'choosing a telescope' use-case table, and general observations (CCD to CMOS
migration, Bin2 software limits, elevation limits, network-side calibration).

Data sourcing:
- data/itelescope-telescopes.csv is a verbatim CSV export of iTelescope's
  maintained specs Google Sheet (24 rows: 23 active scopes + T74 placeholder).
- The support article (Freshdesk 247371) supplied observatory groupings and
  minimum elevation limits; it still lists T9/T19/T31/T69 which the sheet has
  dropped - the review follows the sheet and records the discrepancy.
- go.itelescope.net is an authenticated app shell; nothing was scraped from it.

Also fills in the remaining state/ files: TODO (pending: T74 specs, retired
scope reconciliation, periodic sheet refresh), DECISIONS (source-of-truth
choice, single-document structure, no launchpad scraping), NOTES (refresh
command, CSV quirks), ARCHITECTURE (repo layout), and README.
laurence merged commit 7fe9e0d2be into main 2026-07-17 14:21:10 +01:00
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