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Re:Backyard telescopes and amateur eyes see where “pro” astr... by imrehg on Monday August 08, 2016 @10:26PM (#12252177)
Hey, that looks amazing! I was wondering about the software/hardware controlling the telescopes themselves, but cannot find any information on it on the website, is there any link, or that's more "behind the scenes"/non-public info?
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Re:Backyard telescopes and amateur eyes see where “pro” astr... by WD-42 on Monday August 08, 2016 @11:54PM (#12252516)
The software controlling the telescopes is a collection of java agents using JADE: http://jade.tilab.com/

There are many agents with different responsibilities,from driving the cameras themselves, to the mount, dome, autoguiders, etc. We use a pubsub based model to keep them all in the know.

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