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This is the repository for pyscope <https://pyscope.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>_, a pure-Python package for robotic scheduling, operation, and control of small optical telescopes.

pyscope <https://pyscope.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>_ is an open-source <LICENSE>_ project that provides a set of tools to rapidly and easily control astronomical instrumentation. It is designed to be modular and extensible, allowing users to easily add support for new devices and observatories. pyscope <https://pyscope.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>_ is built on top of the ASCOM <https://ascom-standards.org/>_ standard, but also provides support for non-ASCOM devices. Users may also access their devices through third-party applications such as MaxIm DL <https://diffractionlimited.com/product/maxim-dl/>_.

Observatories who use pyscope <https://pyscope.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>_ can take advantage of the telrun <https://pyscope.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/pyscope.telrun.html>_ module, which provides a simple interface for fully-robotic observatory control.

pyscope <https://pyscope.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>_ is aiming to become an astropy affiliated package <https://www.astropy.org/affiliated/>_.

Features

• Control observatory hardware with Python

• Support for ASCOM <https://ascom-standards.org/>_ and non-ASCOM devices

• Observatory <https://pyscope.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/auto_api/pyscope.observatory.Observatory.html>_ convenience methods like run_autofocus <https://pyscope.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/auto_api/pyscope.observatory.Observatory.html#pyscope.observatory.Observatory.run_autofocus>_ and recenter <https://pyscope.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/auto_api/pyscope.observatory.Observatory.html#pyscope.observatory.Observatory.recenter>_

• telrun <https://pyscope.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/pyscope.telrun.html>_ module for fully-robotic operation of an observatory

• Basic data reduction tools like avg_fits <https://pyscope.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/auto_api/pyscope.reduction.avg_fits.html>_ and ccd_calib <https://pyscope.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/auto_api/pyscope.reduction.ccd_calib.html#pyscope.reduction.ccd_calib>_

• Simple analysis scripts like calc_zmag <https://pyscope.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/auto_api/pyscope.analysis.calc_zmag.html#pyscope.analysis.calc_zmag>_

• Powered by Astropy <https://www.astropy.org/>, Astropy-affiliated <https://www.astropy.org/affiliated/> packages, and ASCOM <https://ascom-standards.org/>_

Installation

pyscope is available on PyPI and can be installed with pip:

.. code-block:: bash

pip install pyscope

pyscope will be available on conda-forge soon.

Development Installation

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We recommend using a virtual environment for development. You may create a new virtual environment with pip:

.. code-block:: bash

python -m venv pyscope-dev
source pyscope-dev/bin/activate

Or with conda:

.. code-block:: bash

conda create -n pyscope-dev python=3.10.12
conda activate pyscope-dev

To install pyscope for development, clone the repository and install with pip:

.. code-block:: bash

git clone https://github.com/WWGolay/pyscope
cd pyscope
pip install -e ".[dev]"

Usage

TBD

Documentation

All supporting documentation can be found at readthedocs <https://pyscope.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>_.

Citing

If you use this package in your research, please cite it using the following:

.. include:: CITATION

Contributing

Please see the developer documentation <https://pyscope.readthedocs.io/en/latest/development.html>_.

License

This project is licensed under the GNU AGPLv3 License <LICENSE>_.

Issues

Please post any issues you find here <https://github.com/WWGolay/pyscope/issues>_.

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