Review and reference of iTelescope.net remote telescopes
Laurence
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Records verified findings from a credentialed read-only recon of the iTelescope portal (2026-07-18) in state/NOTES.md: the WebForms login flow, the /DataService.svc JSON endpoints (GetAccountStatus, GetMyAvailablePlans, ApplyPromoCode), the per-telescope ACP web servers behind HTTP auth (tNN.itelescope.online / tNN.itelescope.net:80NN, confirmed on T33), the Planner redirect to lookup.itelescope.online, and the per-site weather URLs. Credentials themselves stay outside the repo. state/TODO.md gains the next automation steps (map ACP endpoints, explore the new planner, enumerate more DataService methods) and a campaign-impact note: most Chile scopes plus several others are currently offline, including recommended T71 and T73, so near-term work should target T33/T8/T32/T59 at Siding Spring and status must be re-checked before any booking. |
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itelescope
Reference and review of the iTelescope.net remote telescope network: every telescope, its specs, what it is good at, and which one to book for a given target.
- TELESCOPES.md: the full review, grouped by observatory, with a "choosing a telescope" guide at the end.
- TARGETS.md: southern-sky targets invisible from the UK, matched to scopes and to the time of year to book them.
- data/itelescope-telescopes.csv: snapshot of the network's maintained specs sheet (source of truth for the numbers).
- state/: project state under the Default Workflow.
Sources: the iTelescope support article (telescope summary) and the network's maintained Google Sheet. The launchpad at go.itelescope.net is login-only.