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from csv import DictReader

from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord
from astropy import units as u

from pocs import POCS

Read from CSV



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positions_fn = 'accel-positions.csv'



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# Show top of file
!head -n 3 $positions_fn



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# For each row, create a SkyCoord

coords = list()

with open(positions_fn, 'r') as csv_file:
    reader = DictReader(csv_file)
    for row in reader:
        coords.append(SkyCoord(**row)) # The ** passes the keys of the dict as params

Create POCS instance

Here we create an instance of POCS that uses the simulator. You can do just pocs = POCS() to control a real connected mount.



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pocs = POCS(simulator=['all'])



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pocs.initialize()



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mount = pocs.observatory.mount



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mount.unpark()
mount.slew_to_home()



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# Set the delay to wait at each position. Probably should be something
# like 30 seconds to ensure the sensor readings have "caught up" to the
# mount movement.

delay = 1 # seconds



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for coord in coords:
    print("Slewing to {}".format(coord))
    mount.set_target_coordinates(coord)
    mount.slew_to_target()
    
    print('Collecting stats for {} seconds'.format(delay))
    pocs.sleep(delay)



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mount.home_and_park()