Laurence
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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.
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# Project: itelescope
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> The anchor document. A session that reads only this, TODO.md and DECISIONS.md should
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> understand what the project is and what to do next. Keep it current.
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## Objective
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A reference and review of the iTelescope.net remote telescope network: what each
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telescope is, what it is good at, and which one to book for a given kind of target.
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Since 2026-07-18 the active objective is the drain campaign (CAMPAIGN.md): spend
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the account's 2,638 points on southern-sky imaging by 10 Aug 2026, download all
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data, then cancel the membership before the 12 Aug renewal. Cancellation needs
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explicit user confirmation on the day.
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## Scope
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- In scope: reviews and spec tables for every telescope on the iTelescope network,
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grouped by observatory; source data snapshots; guidance on choosing a scope.
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- Out of scope: automating bookings, image processing, anything requiring the
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iTelescope login (the launchpad at go.itelescope.net is authenticated).
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## Audience
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Laurence, when planning imaging or photometry runs on iTelescope, and anyone else
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choosing a telescope on the network.
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## Description
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iTelescope.net operates remote telescopes across six observatories (Utah, Sierra
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California, Siding Spring Australia, Deep Sky Chile, AstroCamp Spain, e-EyE Spain).
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Public specs are scattered across a Freshdesk support article and a maintained Google
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Sheet. This repo snapshots that data and turns it into a usable review: per-telescope
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assessments plus a "which scope for what" guide.
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## Success criteria
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- Every active telescope on the network has an entry with specs and an assessment.
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- A reader can pick the right scope for widefield, deep space, galaxies, photometry,
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or free imaging without visiting the source pages.
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## Key facts
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- Trunk branch: main
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- Forge / remote: https://git.discworld.casa/laurence/itelescope
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- Runtime / stack: markdown only; source data in data/ as CSV
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- How to run it: nothing to run; read TELESCOPES.md
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