TeleGUI Main Window

File : [menu] :

• Skymap: open the SkyMap display
• Airmass: open the Airmass display
• Help: open the IMACS software documentation in a web-browser
• Exit: close this GUI

AM : current airmass

UT : current universal time

ST : current sidereal time

Guider-FWHM : [menu] : select guider probe

[output] : current seeing value from guider probe

R.A. : [edit] : right ascension

Dec. : [edit] : declination

Equinox : [menu] : equinox selector

Get : [button] : get current telescope coordinates from TCSIS

Set : [button] : send coordinates to the MGTCS (no actual slew is performed)

dx,dy : [edit] : offset values

NE,N,..SW : [button] : execute offset

S(dx),S(dy) : [output] : cummulative offsets

set zero : [button] : reset cummulative offset

TeleGUI Airmass Window

Displays the current (red dot) and future (blue line) airmass at the current telescope pointing.

TeleGUI SkyMap Window

Displays the field of view of the CCD camera (red rectangles) over the selected star catalog (SAO, GSC, USNO, 2MASS).
Previous exposures will be shown as green rectangles.
Dither macro pointings will be shown as blue circles.

TeleGUI Object List Window

The file format is identical to the FourStar object list

      ;object |   R.A.     |    Dec.     | Equinox | Rotator | Comment
      name    | 16:00:01.5 | -12:34:56.0 | 2000.0  | 0       | whatever