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--- public:catalinas:lemmon:schulman_32:astrometric_tcs:startup_procedure [2025/06/15 21:06]
tdeyoe [Homing the Telescope]
+++ public:catalinas:lemmon:schulman_32:astrometric_tcs:startup_procedure [2025/06/20 02:13] (current)
tdeyoe [Homing the Telescope]
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 Click the ''Home Seek'' in the ''Alignment'' tab and then confirm align home by clicking "yes". The telescope with quickly move west and north a bit and then slowly continue north and east until it hits its home switches. If it does not find the switches it will time out with a warning the the messages field.
-**Open Dome Using TheSky 64**
+**NOTE: If the telescope was not brought up properly or was not in the [[startup_procedure#"Park" Telescope|Park]] position, it will move quickly move PAST home (because it thinks it is somewhere other than the park position). Cancel the Home Seek and freak out. Call Travis once you calm down a bit or repeats the start up procedure again more slowly.
-Start TheSky Professional Edition (64 bit). On the left side of the window, click Dome. Click the Connect button. Click the Unpark Dome button. Click the Find Home button. On the left side of the window again, click Telescope. click the Startup dropdown menu. Click the Connect Telescope option. On the left side of the window again, click Find. In the Search for: bar, type in a bright star in the sky (Vega, Altair, etc....). Click the Find button. Click Slew. Center the object in the finder scope and the primary eyepiece. Return to the left side of the window, click the Startup dropdown menu and click Star Synchronization. Click the Sync button. Point to a different bright object. The telescope should align the star in the middle of the eyepiece.
+===== Normal Startup Operations =====
-**NOTE: If the telescope was not brought up properly or was not in the [[startup_procedure#"Park" Telescope|Park]] position, it will move quickly move PAST home (because it thinks it is somewhere other than the park position). Cancel the Home Seek and freak out. Call Travis once you calm down a bit or repeats the start up procedure again more slowly.
+You have now successfully pulled the Schulman telescope out of Lightning Shutdown! Congrats. It is now time to start your normal [[public:catalinas:lemmon:schulman_32:pre-observing_check|Pre-Observing Procedures]] to get everything ready for a SkyNights program, Astronomy Camp or remote operation.
+----
-===== Normal Startup Operations =====
+===== Open Dome Using ASCOM =====
+Find ASCOM Dome Control on Desktop. Click Open Dome. Disconnect, then immediately open TheSky 64 or else the dome will move to the telescope park position.
+===== Open Dome Using TheSky 64 =====
-You have now successfully pulled the Schulman telescope out of Lightning Shutdown! Congrats. It is now time to start your normal [[public:catalinas:lemmon:schulman_32:pre-observing_check|Pre-Observing Procedures]] to get everything ready for a SkyNights program or remote operation.
+Start TheSky Professional Edition (64 bit).
+On the left side of the window, click Dome. Click the Connect button. On the left side of the window again, click Telescope. click the Startup dropdown menu. Click the Connect Telescope option. On the left side of the window again, click Find. If telescope status reads "parked", then unpark in shutdown tools. In the Search for: bar, type in a bright star in the sky (Vega, Altair, etc....). Click the Find button. Click Slew.Open the RCOS (TIM) program on the desktop. Click the Connect button. Click the primary mirror button. Click Open for the shutters. Center the object in the finder scope and the primary eyepiece. Return to the left side of the window, click the Startup dropdown menu and click Star Synchronization. Click the Sync button. Point to a different bright object. The telescope should align the star in the middle of the eyepiece. For the rest of observing, navigate to all objects or coordinates via TheSky
+The telescope and dome can only be operated with one type of software connected at a time; controlling via ASCOM or Maestro when connected with TheSky (or vice-versa) will confuse the telescope.

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