mosaic panel mid-points...

[theskyhound]

Any idea what he plans to do? Adding RA/Dec coords?

[blakesphere]

He's been sick. He said he'll reach out...

[blakesphere]

Re-igniting this one.

Dave Lane recently added the ability to image a "target" by direct RA and Dec, without first adding an object. So I'll be able to use the BGO, ARO, and MRO by this new means. This was a pathway I considered for a mosaic run. It will also be helpful when I'm searching for "dubious doubles" from the WDS.

Greg, I spoke to Dave recently, and asked again about a meet-up. He's game.

If you're still interested, I'll set up a need-to-meet to help us pick some possible dates and times...

[theskyhound]

Hey Blake,

This should be really simple for me to do. I'm not sure a meet up is required. I just need to know what his adopted format looks like and we will be good to go.

[blakesphere]

This should be really simple for me to do. I'm not sure a meet up is required. I just need to know what his adopted format looks like and we will be good to go.

Here's what Dave sent me recently...

Also, I have updated the robot software so the #request command supports
a specified RA/Dec directly (no need for #addobject). It was made live
on BGO a week or two ago but... not announced it yet. From the
docs, it goes like this:

"Alternatively, a custom object can be specifying using its equatorial
position as follows:

ra=hours

This is the object's Right Ascension in decimal hours or in the format
hh:mms.s (J2000 epoch).
hh : mm : ss.s 

dec=degrees

This is the object's Declination in decimal degrees or in the format
+dd:mms (J2000 epoch).
+dd : mm : ss

type=objecttype

This is an optional parameter that specifies the type of astronomical
object. Values from 0 to 17 represent the following object types:

0 is a star
1 is a galaxy
2 is a globular cluster
3 is an open cluster
4 is a nebula
5 is a planetary nebula
6 is an “other” type of deep sky object (this is the default
setting)
7 is a solar system object
8-12 are not used
13 is a double star
14 is a variable star"

[theskyhound]

Hi Blake,

So what does that look like? Maybe like this?

#request ra=12:23:45.1, dec=_12:36:44

Or is there no comma? Sorry, I can't recall what the full format is. I'd have to dig around for it.