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Orchestrate Scripting Software
Orchestrate Scripting SoftwareOrchestrate allows you to control multiple astronomical devices by creating scripts with an easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI). Orchestrate leverages the capabilities of TheSky 6 CCDSoft TPoint and AutomaDome to tightly integrate precise control of your telescope system CCD camera and color filter wheel dome and other astronomical devices.Imagine generating tri-color images searching for comets minor planets supernovas or monitoring variable stars without ever touching your instruments. Orchestrate makes it all possible! Orchestrate is a Windows application that works in conjunction with TheSky Astronomy Software and CCDSoft CCD Astronomy Software to allow unattended scripted operation of robotic telescopes and CCD cameras. The entire nature of your observing system changes when these applications are combined using Orchestrate. Orchestrate goes beyond unattended control of telescopes and CCD cameras. Your interactive sessions also benefit due to the flexibility and ease with which you can repeat operations or create custom observing scripts.Additionally operations that are taxing or simply difficult to accomplish rapidly can be relegated to the computer. For example slewing the telescope to a satellite then quickly taking an exposure before the satellite has moved is difficult to accomplish interactively. Orchestrate makes it easy.Supernovae and minor planet searches are two examples of space surveillance that are greatly aided by automation. Using TheSky's built-in Orchestrate script generator mosaic grids can be generated so that Orchestrate will systematically image a given area of the sky with a specified overlap. Your telescope and CCD camera can generate your own sky survey while you sleep!Compatible DevicesTheSky controls most commercial goto and robotic telescopes and CCDSoft can control SBIG Apogee Instruments PixCel Vision and Finger Lakes Instruments cameras.Orchestrate uses a device-independent distributed (client/server) approach to automation. If you have hardware not listed here it would be necessary for Software Bisque to create a low-level driver for the device. Once the driver is created Orchestrate can control the device.