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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
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. Directives, then a target line:
Name<TAB>RA_decimal_hours<TAB>Dec_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\<file>.
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
- 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.
- Confirm the plan file is still in /plans/qisback/ (aindex.asp).
- POST plan.asp with the plan's Windows path to start acquisition.
- Poll aconsread.asp (console) every minute or two: slew, centering, filter changes, exposures. The run self-terminates via #shutdown.
- Images land in /images/qisback/ on the scope server and then on data.itelescope.net; logs in /logs/qisback/.
- 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).