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Usage

> tx tel_status
done tel_status name=RCT obs=KPNO lat=31.9595 long=-111.5985 \
elev=2040.0 east=-78.0 west=158.0 north=90.0 south=-47.0 alt=10.0 \
scale=10.00
Where east, west, north, south, latitude and longitude are in decimal degrees; the elevation is in meters above sea level. name is the name of the telescope, while obs specifies the name of the observatory. The limits to the telescope motion are specified in degrees. The scale is in arc-seconds per mm.

NOTE: The values reported by this command (not necessarily as shown in the examples above) are considered the authoritative values.



Louis-Gregory Strolger 2012-01-09