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plans/ngc104-test.txt is the ACP observing plan for the free 30-minute proof run on T33: NGC 104 / 47 Tucanae, L 4x120s + RGB 2x90s at Bin2 (~17 min exposure, ~24 min with overhead), modelled on the account's previous one-click plan format (decimal-hours RA, decimal-degrees dec, #shutdown at end). Already uploaded to the scope's /plans/qisback/ folder and verified to round-trip byte-identical. plans/README.md is the runbook: the T33 ACP endpoint map (status JSON, console read, scope connect, plan upload/run, logs), the verified upload procedure, the not-yet-exercised acquire POST with its Windows-path plan value, the 47 Tuc run window (second half of the SSO night, ~14:00-19:30 UTC), and the step-by-step session procedure including the open questions a first live run must answer (scope-connect requirement, abort control). state/TODO.md tracks the test as in progress.
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# Observing plans and the T33 session runbook
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ACP observing plans for iTelescope scopes, plus the procedure to run one on T33
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(the free Siding Spring scope). Credentials are NOT in this repo: they live in
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the local claudetemp itelescope folder (creds.txt, `username=`/`password=` lines).
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## Plan format (ACP)
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See [ngc104-test.txt](ngc104-test.txt). Directives, then a target line:
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`Name<TAB>RA_decimal_hours<TAB>Dec_decimal_degrees`. Counts, intervals, binning
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and filters are parallel comma-separated lists. `#shutdown` parks safely at the
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end (iTelescope's own one-click plans do the same).
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## T33 endpoints (base http://t33.itelescope.net:8033, HTTP auth = iTelescope creds)
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| Purpose | Path |
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| Status JSON (times, obsStat, obsOwner) | /ac/SystemStatus/asystemstatus.asp |
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| Console text | /ac/SystemStatus/aconsread.asp |
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| Scope connect control | /ac/SystemStatus/ascopeconn.asp |
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| Shutter/roof status | /ac/SystemStatus/ashutterctl.asp |
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| My plan folder (list/upload/delete) | /plans/qisback/aindex.asp, aupload.asp, adelfile.asp |
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| Run a plan ("Acquire Images") | POST /ac/Plans/plan.asp |
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| My logs | /logs/qisback/aindex.asp |
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| Finished data | data.itelescope.net |
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Upload: multipart POST to `/plans/qisback/aupload.asp`, fields `File1` (the file)
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and `DestPath=/plans/qisback`. Verified working 2026-07-18; content round-trips
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exactly.
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Run: the web UI posts the plan select to `/ac/Plans/plan.asp`; the select's value
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is the WINDOWS path `C:\ProgramData\ACP\ACP Web Data\Doc Root\plans\qisback\<file>`.
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Field names seen: `plan`, optional `VPhot`, `AutoLogoff`. NOT yet exercised live
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(observatory was closed, daytime); the first live session must confirm whether a
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scope-connect POST (ascopeconn.asp) is required first, and capture the exact
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response shape.
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## The 47 Tuc free-session test (ngc104-test.txt)
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- Target: NGC 104 / 47 Tucanae, RA 0.4015 h, Dec -72.0814 deg (circumpolar at SSO).
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- L 4x120 s, RGB 2x90 s each, Bin2: about 17 min exposure, about 24 min with
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overhead, inside the daily free 30 minutes.
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- Uploaded to /plans/qisback/ on 2026-07-18 and verified.
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### When to run
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47 Tuc clears T33's 20 degree minimum elevation in the second half of the SSO
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night. SSO local = UTC+10; the good window is roughly 14:00-19:30 UTC (UK
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afternoon/evening). Sunrise at SSO was 06:14 local (20:14 UTC) at recon time;
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stop well before dawn.
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### Procedure
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1. GET asystemstatus.asp: confirm observatory open (obsStat) and no other user
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(obsOwner n/a). If someone is on, wait and retry; T33 is first-come.
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2. Confirm the plan file is still in /plans/qisback/ (aindex.asp).
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3. POST plan.asp with the plan's Windows path to start acquisition.
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4. Poll aconsread.asp (console) every minute or two: slew, centering, filter
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changes, exposures. The run self-terminates via #shutdown.
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5. Images land in /images/qisback/ on the scope server and then on
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data.itelescope.net; logs in /logs/qisback/.
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6. Record the session outcome in state/NOTES.md.
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Abort path if something looks wrong: the web UI exposes an abort on the console
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page; locate it live before starting exposures (not yet mapped).
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