Telescope Properties

Properties

AlignmentMode The alignment mode of the mount (Alt/Az, Polar, German Polar).
Altitude The Altitude above the local horizon of the telescope's current position (degrees, positive up)
ApertureArea The area of the telescope's aperture, taking into account any obstructions (square meters)
ApertureDiameter The telescope's effective aperture diameter (meters)
AtHome True if the telescope is stopped in the Home position. Set only following a FindHome operation, and reset with any slew operation. This property must be False if the telescope does not support homing.
AtPark True if the telescope has been put into the parked state by the see Park method. Set False by calling the Unpark() method.
Azimuth The azimuth at the local horizon of the telescope's current position (degrees, North-referenced, positive East/clockwise).
CanFindHome True if this telescope is capable of programmed finding its home position (FindHome method).
CanPark True if this telescope is capable of programmed parking (Parkmethod)
CanPulseGuide True if this telescope is capable of software-pulsed guiding (via the PulseGuide(GuideDirection, Int32) method)
CanSetDeclinationRate True if the DeclinationRate property can be changed to provide offset tracking in the declination axis.
CanSetGuideRates True if the guide rate properties used for PulseGuide(GuideDirection, Int32) can be adjusted.
CanSetPark True if this telescope is capable of programmed setting of its park position (SetPark method)
CanSetPierSide True if the SideOfPier property can be set, meaning that the mount can be forced to flip.
CanSetRightAscensionRate True if the RightAscensionRate property can be changed to provide offset tracking in the right ascension axis.
CanSetTracking True if the Tracking property can be changed, turning telescope sidereal tracking on and off.
CanSlew True if this telescope is capable of programmed slewing (synchronous or asynchronous) to equatorial coordinates
CanSlewAltAz True if this telescope is capable of programmed slewing (synchronous or asynchronous) to local horizontal coordinates
CanSlewAltAzAsync True if this telescope is capable of programmed asynchronous slewing to local horizontal coordinates
CanSlewAsync True if this telescope is capable of programmed asynchronous slewing to equatorial coordinates.
CanSync True if this telescope is capable of programmed synching to equatorial coordinates.
CanSyncAltAz True if this telescope is capable of programmed synching to local horizontal coordinates
CanUnpark True if this telescope is capable of programmed unparking (Unpark method).
Connected Set True to enable the link. Set False to disable the link. You can also read the property to check whether it is connected.
(Inherited from ASCOMDevice)
Connecting Completion variable for asynchronous connect and disconnect operations
(Inherited from ASCOMDevice)
Declination The declination (degrees) of the telescope's current equatorial coordinates, in the coordinate system given by the EquatorialSystem property. Reading the property will raise an error if the value is unavailable.
DeclinationRate The declination tracking rate (arcseconds per SI second, default = 0.0)
Description Returns a description of the driver, such as manufacturer and model number.
(Inherited from ASCOMDevice)
DeviceState Returns the device's operational state in a single call
(Inherited from ASCOMDevice)
DoesRefraction True if the telescope or driver applies atmospheric refraction to coordinates.
DriverInfo Descriptive and version information about this ASCOM driver.
(Inherited from ASCOMDevice)
DriverVersion A string in the form "n.n" containing only the major and minor version of the driver.
(Inherited from ASCOMDevice)
EquatorialSystem Equatorial coordinate system used by this telescope (e.g. Topocentric or J2000).
FocalLength The telescope's focal length, meters
GuideRateDeclination The current Declination movement rate offset for telescope guiding (degrees/sec)
GuideRateRightAscension The current Right Ascension movement rate offset for telescope guiding (degrees/sec)
InterfaceVersion The interface version number that this device implements.
(Inherited from ASCOMDevice)
IsPulseGuiding True if a PulseGuide(GuideDirection, Int32) command is in progress, False otherwise
Name The short name of the driver, for display purposes
(Inherited from ASCOMDevice)
RightAscension The right ascension (hours) of the telescope's current equatorial coordinates, in the coordinate system given by the EquatorialSystem property
RightAscensionRate The right ascension tracking rate offset from sidereal (seconds per sidereal second, default = 0.0)
SideOfPier Indicates the pointing state of the mount.
SiderealTime The local apparent sidereal time from the telescope's internal clock (hours, sidereal)
SiteElevation The elevation above mean sea level (meters) of the site at which the telescope is located
SiteLatitude The geodetic(map) latitude (degrees, positive North, WGS84) of the site at which the telescope is located.
SiteLongitude The longitude (degrees, positive East, WGS84) of the site at which the telescope is located.
Slewing True if telescope is currently moving in response to one of the Slew methods or the MoveAxis(TelescopeAxis, Double) method, False at all other times.
SlewSettleTime Specifies a post-slew settling time (sec.).
SupportedActions Returns the list of action names supported by this driver.
TargetDeclination The declination (degrees, positive North) for the target of an equatorial slew or sync operation
TargetRightAscension The right ascension (hours) for the target of an equatorial slew or sync operation
Telescopes Return a list of all Telescopes registered in the ASCOM Profile
TelescopeState State response from the device
Tracking The state of the telescope's sidereal tracking drive.
TrackingRate The current tracking rate of the telescope's sidereal drive
TrackingRates Returns a collection of supported DriveRate values that describe the permissible values of the TrackingRate property for this telescope type.
UTCDate The UTC date/time of the telescope's internal clock

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