[Try Astronomy] Re: Hello

On Monday 01 March 2004 02:04 pm, you wrote:
> I took a floater today and "idle hands..."
> and all, I came across a computer language
> of sorts on the Internet called ATIS
> (Automatic Telescope Instruction Set).
> It was developed at the Fairborn Observatory
> (in Arizona from what I gather) and it can
> be used to control telescopes, including
> over the Internet, using ASCII files.
> http://www.fairobs.org/
> They have download links to PDF versions
> of command references, etc. but they didn't
> work.  However, I was able to pull them down
> using an FTP program.  This may have some
> possibilities along with the APT (Automatic
> Photoelectric Telescope) command set which
> is covered in the Telescope Control book
> I ordered.  A superset of ATIS called
> ATIS2000 adds the ability to network
> telescopes and for spectroscopic observing.
>
> With the developments in embedded Linux
> (i.e. Linux on a chip rather than on a
> computer) we might be able to come up
> with a fairly compact customized controller.

I belong to the Milwaukee Linux User Group
and I could help with being a liason to that group for this.

Jerry

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