A special input mode for observer to simulate telescopes.

When the observer is landed on a ground location should be interesting the availability of a different telescope mode to simulate astronomical observatories and amateuer telescopes.

Description:

Having the capability to use ground locations implemented as described in FR5, and if the type of the location is an astronomical observatory, the simulation of the telescope could be implemented easily. Another limitation in movement freedom respect to FR8 must be implemented.

In this mode any kind of unintentional movement should be avoided, and all the characteristic parameters for the regulation of the telescope should be displayed. The orientation of the telescope could be executed inputting manually the degrees of rotation, declination etc.

So realistic astronomical observations should be simulated and the orientation data should collected and used later to manage the tracking of a real telescope

Required/Suggested:

  FR5 Ground locations.

Further related improvements:

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Reference Celestia Version:

  1.3.0

Status:

  [28-06-03] Submitted to the forum attention.

  [10-09-03] Will be implemented almost partially in ver 1.3.1.
    A new Alt-Azimut Mode will give to the user the minimum
    requider reference to simulate telescopes.

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  Paolo Angeli.

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