Laurence
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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.
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# Decisions
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> A dated, append only log of decisions and their rationale. Newest at the top. Never
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> rewrite past entries; if a decision is reversed, add a new entry that says so.
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## 2026-07-17: follow the Google Sheet, not the support article
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The support article (https://support.itelescope.net/support/solutions/articles/247371)
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and the maintained Google Sheet
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(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jZWkkjewOuyNC9YzQ8y2d0pO1e4T7EBeysmQMPBVSOk/)
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disagree: the article lists T9, T19, T31, T69, which the sheet omits; the sheet has
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T25, T26, T59, T71-T75, T80, which the article lacks. The article itself points to
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the sheet as the current source, so the review follows the sheet and notes the
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discrepancy. The sheet CSV export is snapshotted in data/ so the review's numbers
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remain reproducible even if the sheet changes.
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## 2026-07-17: single review document, not per-telescope files
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23 active scopes each need only a spec block and a short assessment; one TELESCOPES.md
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grouped by observatory reads better and is easier to keep current than 23 stub files.
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Revisit if per-scope content grows (photos, session logs).
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## 2026-07-17: no launchpad scraping
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https://go.itelescope.net/ is an authenticated app shell with no public data. All
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content comes from public support pages and the public sheet; nothing in this repo
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requires iTelescope credentials.
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Per-telescope detail pages, if ever needed:
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support.itelescope.net/support/solutions/articles/231901-231920 (older scopes),
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245471 (T68), 251171 (T70), 251556 (T69), 251589 (T19).
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