public bool IsUp(double ra, double dec, double minAlt)
{
sky6Utils tsxu = new sky6Utils();
tsxu.ConvertRADecToAzAlt(ra, dec);
double alt = tsxu.dOut1;
if (minAlt > alt)
{
return(false);
}
else
{
return(true);
}
}
private XElement UpdatePosition(XElement xGalList)
//Updates the values of HA and Altitude, then derives Side in the galaxy list by performing a TSX ComputeHA on each entry
//
{
string gname;
string gRA;
string gHA;
string gDec;
string gAlt;
//Open a TSX utility object for computing the hour angle
sky6Utils tsx_ut = new sky6Utils();
var xgals = from grec in xGalList.Elements("Galaxy") select grec;
foreach (var grec in xgals)
{
//Look up the target by galaxy name and get the hourangle
gname = grec.Element("Name").Value.ToString();
gRA = grec.Element("RA").Value.ToString();
gDec = grec.Element("Dec").Value.ToString();
tsx_ut.ComputeHourAngle(System.Convert.ToDouble(gRA));
gHA = tsx_ut.dOut0.ToString();
grec.Element("HA").Value = gHA;
tsx_ut.ConvertRADecToAzAlt(System.Convert.ToDouble(gRA), System.Convert.ToDouble(gDec));
gAlt = tsx_ut.dOut1.ToString();
grec.Element("Altitude").Value = gAlt;
if (System.Convert.ToDouble(gHA) < 0)
{
grec.Element("Side").Value = "East";
}
else
{
grec.Element("Side").Value = "West";
};
}
return(xGalList);
}
public static bool CLSToTarget(string tgtName, SpeedVector sv, bool IsPrecision = false)
{
//first, couple dome to telescope, if there is one
sky6Dome tsxd = new sky6Dome();
try
{
tsxd.Connect();
tsxd.IsCoupled = 1;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
//do nothing
}
int clsStatus = 123;
sky6RASCOMTele tsxmt = new sky6RASCOMTele();
ClosedLoopSlew tsx_cl = new ClosedLoopSlew();
sky6StarChart tsxsc = new sky6StarChart();
sky6Utils tsxu = new sky6Utils();
//Check to see if target is above horizon
double tgtRAH = Transform.DegreesToHours(sv.RA_Degrees);
double tgtDecD = sv.Dec_Degrees;
tsxu.ConvertRADecToAzAlt(tgtRAH, tgtDecD);
double tgtAzmD = tsxu.dOut0;
double tgtAltD = tsxu.dOut1;
if (tgtAltD <= 0)
{
MessageBox.Show("Slew failure: Target is below the horizon");
return(false);
}
//Clear any image reduction, otherwise full reduction might cause a problem
ccdsoftCamera tsxcam = new ccdsoftCamera()
{
ImageReduction = ccdsoftImageReduction.cdNone,
Asynchronous = 1 //make sure nothing else happens while setting this up
};
//Abort any ongoing imaging
tsxcam.Abort();
bool returnStatus = true;
// diagnostic
string strRA = Utils.HourString(tgtRAH, false);
string strDec = Utils.DegreeString(tgtDecD, false);
//
tsxsc.Find(tgtRAH.ToString() + ", " + tgtDecD.ToString());
tsxmt.Connect();
tsxu.Precess2000ToNow(tgtRAH, tgtDecD);
double jnRAH = tsxu.dOut0;
double jnDecD = tsxu.dOut1;
//tsxmt.Asynchronous = 0;
try
{
tsxmt.SlewToRaDec(jnRAH, jnDecD, tgtName);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Slew Failure: " + ex.Message);
returnStatus = false;
}
if (IsPrecision && returnStatus)
{
//*** precision slew
try
{
clsStatus = tsx_cl.exec();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
returnStatus = false;
}
}
try
{
tsxsc.Find(tgtName);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
returnStatus = true;
}
return(returnStatus);
}