Method for automatically aligning telescope

Details Method for automatically aligning telescope Method for automatically aligning telescope

2007-11-27

2007-11-27

Amari, Alessandro (Department: 2872)

Optical: systems and elements

Compound lens system

Telescope

C359S900000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11285030

ABSTRACT:
A manual controller commands a telescope mount to automatically track a specific bright star after the image of the star is located to center of an electronic eyepiece and a timer is started. The average moving speed of the bright star is calculated after a predetermined elapsed time to acquire the right ascension (RA) and the declination (DEC) coordinates of this bright star. Subsequently, the RA and DEC coordinates are compared with pre-stored data contained within a database used to identify the bright star. The celestial sphere coordinates of the telescope can be determined after a minimum of one bright star is identified. In the auto-tracking procedure, the manual controller controls movement of telescope by feedbacks of the drifting speed and direction of the specific bright star in an electronic eyepiece for the purpose of keeping the specific bright star in the center of the electronic eyepiece.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5133050 (1992-07-01), George et al.
patent: 6922283 (2005-07-01), Baun et al.

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