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The UpdatePlan page embeds each telescope's dark-of-moon base rate in a data-default-rate attribute; effective rate = base x (1 - plan AccessDiscount from DataService.svc/GetMyAvailablePlans) x (1 - moon discount from a server-side illumination table, not yet extracted). Records the computed Plan-40 rates for all 25 listed scopes, the billing model (points per imaging hour, billed per minute of exposure time, overhead unbilled), the walk-in rule (idle scopes need no reservation; the ACP flow is identical to the free scopes with points deducting), and the Cloudflare constraint on the reservation planner.
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# Notes
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> Working notes, gotchas, environment quirks, and dead ends to avoid. Free form. The
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> point is to save a future session from rediscovering something the hard way.
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- Refresh the specs snapshot with:
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`curl -sL "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jZWkkjewOuyNC9YzQ8y2d0pO1e4T7EBeysmQMPBVSOk/export?format=csv" -o data/itelescope-telescopes.csv`
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- The CSV has multi-line cells (quoted); line count is not row count. Telescope rows
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start `T<number>,`; observatory header rows have an empty first column.
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- Sensors are 16-bit ADC unless noted (T20's ASI2400C is 14-bit).
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- Free scopes (30 min/day): T68 (Utah), T33 (Siding Spring).
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- Minimum elevation limits come from the support article, not the sheet.
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## Automation recon (2026-07-18, all verified live)
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Credentials live OUTSIDE this repo (local claudetemp, never commit them).
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- go.itelescope.net is ASP.NET WebForms. Login: GET /login.aspx, POST
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UsernameTextBox/PasswordTextBox plus __VIEWSTATE, __VIEWSTATEGENERATOR,
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__EVENTVALIDATION, LoginButton=Login; session cookie then works everywhere.
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- JSON service at /DataService.svc (session-cookie auth): GetAccountStatus
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(balance, plan, renewal), GetMyAvailablePlans (per-plan, per-scope
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AccessDiscount), ApplyPromoCode (POST). More methods likely; enumerate from
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inline $.ajax calls on each page (Scripts/Common.js has none).
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- Home page /default.aspx carries live network status text (per-scope
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offline/online reasons) plus points balance: cheap to poll.
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- Reservation/Overview.aspx links every telescope's own control server:
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https://tNN.itelescope.online/ or http://tNN.itelescope.net:80NN/. These are
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ACP web servers behind HTTP auth accepting the same iTelescope credentials
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(verified read-only on T33: index.asp is a TiddlyWiki info page, min elevation
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20 degrees, 900 s max exposure). Session control and plan submission happen
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here; ACP endpoint mapping is the next step.
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- Reservation/Planner.aspx now redirects to https://lookup.itelescope.online
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(new planning tool, not yet explored).
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- Weather per site: Weather/Weather.aspx?site=UDRO|SSO|DSC|SRO|AC|EYE.
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- Account: Plan-40 (GBP 32.00 per 28 days), renewal 12 Aug 2026, subscribed
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since Apr 2019, balance 2,638 points at recon time.
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## Rate card (2026-07-18, points per imaging hour, billed per minute)
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Extracted from MyAccount/UpdatePlan.aspx: each scope row carries
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data-default-rate (dark-of-moon base); effective rate = base x (1 -
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AccessDiscount from DataService GetMyAvailablePlans) x (1 - moon discount,
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server-side table keyed on illumination, not extracted yet). Plan-40 discount
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is 10% on most scopes, 20% on a few, 0% on the newest (T25, T26, T73, T74).
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Plan-40 rates before moon discount: T2 50, T5 68, T8 130, T10 146, T11 161,
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T14 97, T17 135, T18 81, T20 89, T21 76, T24 186, T25 322, T26 394, T30 161,
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T32 146, T33 0 (free), T59 80, T68 0 (free), T70 119, T71 106, T72 202,
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T73 224, T74 295, T75 202, T80 119.
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Standouts: T59 at 80/hr is the value big scope (20" CDK, square 37 arcmin
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field, 900 s subs); T5 at 68/hr the cheapest paid; T26 at 394/hr the dearest.
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Billing is per minute of imaging (exposure) time, so overhead is not billed.
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Paid imaging needs no reservation when a scope is idle: same walk-in ACP flow
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as the free scopes, points just deduct. Reservations (to guarantee a slot) go
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through lookup.itelescope.online, which is Cloudflare-protected: Playwright
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needed.
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