The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science (Carnegie Observatories), Pasadena, CA
Version 1.9
Christoph C. Birk (birk AT obs DOT carnegiescience DOT edu)
Location of this document: http://instruments.obs.carnegiescience.edu/Software/TeleGUI/telegui.html
If the TCS computer is unavailable the software may be run
in simulator (offline) mode. This might still be useful to
find guide-star coordinates, maintain object lists or for
training purposes.
Select the 'Instrument' { Direct, WFCCD, Echelle, B&C, CAPSCAm, RetroCam }
and 'CCD'.
This defines the layout rectangle of the CCD view on the
SkyMap window.
If the M2-GUI is not running please select 'offline'.
The object lists are ASCII files that are formatted by using a "LF" (line feed) character to separate each record (object). The individual fields are separated by a '|' (pipe) symbol.
1) Name, R.A., Dec., equinox and an optional comment
NameA | 12:00:00 | -30:00:00 | 2000.0 | comment NameB | 11:00:00 | -20:00:00 | 2000.0
2) Name, R.A, Dec., Equinox, proper motion, and a mandatory
comment delimiter ('|'), the comment itself is optional.
The proper motion field consists of the motions
in R.A. and Dec. [arcseconds/year] and an optional epoch.
NameC | 10:00:00 | -10:00:00 | 2000.0 | +2.7 -3.5 2000.0 | comment NameC | 10:00:00 | -10:00:00 | 2000.0 | +2.7 -3.5 2000.0 | NameC | 10:00:00 | -10:00:00 | 2000.0 | +2.7 -3.5 | commentIf the epoch is omitted, the equinox of the coordinates is used instead.
The Airmass window shows the current airmass (red dot) and its change over the next few hours.
Allows to remotely control the flat field lamps via the M2-GUI.
2011-06-24, Christoph C. Birk, Carnegie Observatories