So far, this is all the possibilities, the plans had a lot of things. Perhaps I will continue to work.

I remind you that all sources are located here: github.com/miksrv/observatory

You can use them as you like, I will only be glad if my work is useful to someone. Well, or join the joint development, I will be doubly happy :)

I will be glad to feedback, suggestions, or if you need help with installation - also write. Thanks to all!

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The last page is the information and power control panel of the observatory.

Displayed here:

  • Live camera installed inside the observatory.
  • Online sky camera (homemade, I can also make a separate topic).
  • Power supply management of individual units (power supply 220 - 12 volts, camera, focuser, mount, heating pads). When turned on / off - the signal is transmitted directly to the controller in the observatory.
  • Graphs of temperature sensors inside the observatory.
  • A panel for assessing the current weather conditions for the possibility of shooting.



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For each object, you can go to the detailed information page. Here you can see the object shooting statistics, graphs of the distribution of the telescope coordinates during the shooting, graphs of the distribution of the signal and noise of each frame.



There is a list of all files of a given object - when it was taken, moon phase, temperature and JPEG photos of each frame for a quick quality assessment.



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Page with a list of captured objects. Here the data is generated based on the captured FITS files that have been uploaded to the database. It is convenient to see for which objects photos were processed and uploaded, how many frames were taken for each object. Based on this, you can form a further shooting plan.



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A page with a detailed description of each photo - contains the parameters with which this photo was taken, a description of the object, the location of the object in the starry sky (interactive map)



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The next page is a list of photos that have been processed and uploaded to the portal. From here you can get to the page of each specific photo.



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Another page is an interactive map of the starry sky, on which all the captured objects in the observatory are marked. While there is little functionality here, I planned to expand it in the future. This map component will come in handy later to create a task scheduler.



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Hello everyone, friends!

I was so impressed with the capabilities of INDI and KStars that I decided to build my own automated remote observatory. But I will write about this successfully implemented project in another topic. Here I would like to show one of my developments for organizing astronomical photographs and storing them in one place, as well as an Internet panel for managing the power supply of the observatory.

You can see it in action here: observatory.miksoft.pro/
All sources are publicly available on Github: github.com/miksrv/observatory

! Immediately I apologize that the interface is in Russian - I was still living in Russia then. If there is interest in the project, I will do the transliteration of the interface.

The service consists of two parts - client (UI) and server (API). The backend receives requests from the observatory controller (current sensor data and temperature sensors) and sends requests back (to control relays that turn devices on or off). When the observatory receives a new image and saves it on the internal server, a script is launched that processes the image, receives information about the headers and uploads this information to the portal. Since the observatory works automatically, when I wake up in the morning, I just need to open the portal and see what pictures were taken, check on the camera that the roof is closed and everything is in order.

The plans were to add the loading of INDI operation logs so as not to log into the server every time. And also get real-time information about the position of the telescope and add a task constructor for the scheduler.



The main page contains statistics:
- Made frames (FITS files in the database).
- Total exposure in hours.
- Removed objects.
- The total size of files stored in the FITS cloud.

Four random photos.

Telescope calendar. Each day contains data on:
- Frame and background of the day shows the favorable weather at night (red - strong clouds are possible, orange - slightly cloudy, green - ideal conditions).
- Sunrise and sunset to orientate when the telescope should operate.
- Data on the rising and setting of the moon and its phase.
- If the observatory was filming at night, then the number of captured objects, the total shutter speed in minutes, the number of frames made by FITS are displayed.

The observatory receives weather data from a makeshift weather station, which is installed nearby. I'll talk about it in another thread.

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