/superCATE_2024

Scripts for telescope control and image acquisition for scientific research during the 2024 total solar eclipse.

Primary LanguagePythonGNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

superCATE 2024

** THIS REPOSITORY IS A WORK IN PROGRESS!**

Repository for the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse work.

Table of Contents

  1. superCATE 2024
  2. Introduction
  3. Software Instructions
  4. Software Details
  5. Hardware Details
  6. Media
  7. Credits
  8. Software License

Introduction

Who, what, when, where, why

  • Group from NSO and CU
    • Solar phyicists, scientists, graduate students, undergrad students
    • Affiliated with the Citizen CATE
  • Chasing the best possible conditions to get images of the solar corona
  • Drove from Boulder, CO to Dallas, TX to Carbondale, IL in search of best viewing conditions
  • Acquiring K-corona spectral data
    • Measuring the velocity of free electrons in the solar corona

More info on the team and the scientific research coming soon

Software Instructions

This section covers instructions for installing and using all of the necessary software.

Requirements

Operating System
  • Windows 10/11
  • Linux/Ubuntu
Python Virtual Environment Manager
ArenaView SDK and Arena Python Package

Installation

1. Clone this repository

  • Use the following command to clone this repo onto your local system
    git clone https://github.com/rosilioroman/superCATE_2024.git

2. Create and activate a conda environment

  • Create a new conda environment
    conda create -n "eclipse" python=3.6.8

  • Activate the new environment
    conda activate eclipse

3. Run the setup script

  • Run the provided setup.py script
    python .\setup.py\

The installation is complete once the setup script is done executing.

Usage

Software Details

This section gives further details on the scripts developed.

Mount Control

Camera Control / Image Acquisition

Automation

Hardware Details

Telescopes

U.S. Team

Main Telescopes
Livestream Telescopes

Mexico Team

Main Telescope

Cameras

Lucid Vision Labs

  • Camera Specs

Emergent Vision Technologies

  • Camera Specs

Media Links

  • Website
  • Articles
  • Publications

Credits

  • Lead Scientists
  • Software Development
  • 3D-Printing
  • Eclipse Livestreaming
  • Support

License

All software explicitly created by our team is given under the terms and conditions laid out by the GNU Public License.