pyscope 0.2.0

Description:

pyscope 0.2.0

This is the repository for pyscope,
a pure-Python package for robotic scheduling, operation, and control of small
optical telescopes.
pyscope is an
open-source 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 is built on top of the
ASCOM standard, but also provides support for
non-ASCOM devices. Users may also access their devices through third-party applications
such as MaxIm DL.
Observatories who use pyscope can take
advantage of the telrun
module, which provides a simple interface for fully-robotic observatory control.
pyscope is aiming to become an
astropy-affiliated package.

Features

Control observatory hardware with Python
Support for ASCOM and non-ASCOM devices
Observatory
convenience methods like run_autofocus
and recenter
telrun module
for fully-robotic operation of an observatory
Basic data reduction tools like
avg_fits
and ccd_calib
Simple analysis scripts like
calc_zmag
Powered by Astropy,
Astropy-affiliated
packages, and ASCOM



Installation
pyscope is available on PyPI and can be installed with pip:
pip install pyscope
pyscope will be available on conda-forge soon.

Development Installation

We recommend using a virtual environment for development. You may create a new
virtual environment with pip:
python -m venv pyscope-dev
source pyscope-dev/bin/activate
Or with conda:
conda create -n pyscope-dev python=3.12
conda activate pyscope-dev
To install pyscope for development, clone the repository and install with pip:
git clone https://github.com/macro-consortium/pyscope
cd pyscope
pip install -e ".[dev]"



Usage
TBD


Documentation
All supporting documentation can be found at readthedocs.


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


History
pyscope is based off of the IOTAlib (Iowa Optical Telescope Automation library) package, drawing on 25+ years of robotic observatory development at the University of Iowa, now with an emphasis on usage by anyone with a computerized telescope and python experience.


Contributing
Please see the developer documentation.


License
This project is licensed under the GNU AGPLv3 License.


Issues
Please post any issues you find here.