Ray
Roboscopes Guinea Pig
Please ignore my dylexia wherever possible, just be thankful I can control my Tourettes ;)
Things to do, so little time!
Steve
Roboscopes Tea Boy
Great question, Ray. I was pleasantly surprised that it accepted "LDN 1251".
May I ask, is there any client-side validation of what I enter or could I literally enter gobbledygook?
Also, what is the acceptable format of right ascension and declination? It's good to know from your reply, Steve, that it accepts the SIMBAD format. More likely than not I will be entering it in manually particularly on the narrow-field kits.
Brian
Please ignore my dylexia wherever possible, just be thankful I can control my Tourettes ;)
Things to do, so little time!
Steve
Roboscopes Tea Boy
Phil McCauley
Roboscopes Website Admin
Steve,
I'm sorry if I'm coming across critically. It's just that I know A LOT of people who love Astronomy but look at the prohibitive cost of entry and the learning required to operate a telescope. RoboScopes is perfect for them but a lot of people don't know what J2000 coordinates are, nor are they familiar with catalogs. I think that in order to bring your service to the masses you need a page of bright DSO's that are available this time of year with pictures that they can click on to order. But then there is the question of post-processing. For a fee they could request that their image be processed by a RoboScope member. Better yet, for a fee, they can receive personal guidance on how to process images themselves. These are just my thoughts.
Brian
Please ignore my dylexia wherever possible, just be thankful I can control my Tourettes ;)
Things to do, so little time!
Steve
Roboscopes Tea Boy
Ray
Roboscopes Guinea Pig
Hi gentlemen,
I did like Brian's suggestions and awaited your replies. I realise at present you have very little little time to be able to do anything new right now. Having seen plenty of amazing results on here from people with good processing skills, I wonder if anyone might reply to this and discuss whether or not if it could be taken a bit further than Phil's suggestion.
Nothing new, but also make available to purchase a few datasets of iconic targets, for those wanting to hone/try out their processing skills before making any decision to make their own bookings. I know ic434 is available as a freebie, but that might be a bit challenging as I can testify to. Images from the piers with an OSC might be a good starting point.
May the clear skies continue..
Ray
Please ignore my dylexia wherever possible, just be thankful I can control my Tourettes ;)
Things to do, so little time!
Steve
Roboscopes Tea Boy
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