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Laurence 08fef91b57 Drain campaign: spend the balance by 10 Aug, then close the account 
User decision 2026-07-18: use the full 2,638-point balance on southern
imaging, then cancel the membership before the 12 Aug renewal (GBP 32).
CAMPAIGN.md holds the plan: policy facts that force the order (points are
non-refundable and unusable without an active subscription, per support
article 142963), a three-phase allocation shaped by the moon (dark-night
LRGB now and 3-10 Aug, narrowband through the bright 24 Jul - 2 Aug week),
a per-session ledger to reconcile against account/history.aspx, the 10 Aug
data-download-then-cancel endgame, and the rule that the cancellation POST
itself is never submitted without explicit user confirmation on the day.

plans/ngc6744-t59.txt is the first paid run (T59, L 15x300 Bin1 + RGB
7x300 Bin2, ~180 min imaging, ~240 pts), already uploaded to T59 and
verified byte-identical. PROJECT.md and TODO.md updated to make the drain
the active objective for any future session.
2026-07-18 22:41:33 +01:00

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Project: itelescope

The anchor document. A session that reads only this, TODO.md and DECISIONS.md should understand what the project is and what to do next. Keep it current.

Objective

A reference and review of the iTelescope.net remote telescope network: what each telescope is, what it is good at, and which one to book for a given kind of target.

Since 2026-07-18 the active objective is the drain campaign (CAMPAIGN.md): spend the account's 2,638 points on southern-sky imaging by 10 Aug 2026, download all data, then cancel the membership before the 12 Aug renewal. Cancellation needs explicit user confirmation on the day.

Scope

  • In scope: reviews and spec tables for every telescope on the iTelescope network, grouped by observatory; source data snapshots; guidance on choosing a scope.
  • Out of scope: automating bookings, image processing, anything requiring the iTelescope login (the launchpad at go.itelescope.net is authenticated).

Audience

Laurence, when planning imaging or photometry runs on iTelescope, and anyone else choosing a telescope on the network.

Description

iTelescope.net operates remote telescopes across six observatories (Utah, Sierra California, Siding Spring Australia, Deep Sky Chile, AstroCamp Spain, e-EyE Spain). Public specs are scattered across a Freshdesk support article and a maintained Google Sheet. This repo snapshots that data and turns it into a usable review: per-telescope assessments plus a "which scope for what" guide.

Success criteria

  • Every active telescope on the network has an entry with specs and an assessment.
  • A reader can pick the right scope for widefield, deep space, galaxies, photometry, or free imaging without visiting the source pages.

Key facts