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With the stage properly positioned, the acquire script is run. This script does the following:
- takes an image using the guide camera with guimage
- subtracts off a dark (generating one if necessary)
- looks for stars using XVista stars
- finds the brightest one
- moves the telescope to center the star
Louis-Gregory Strolger
2012-01-09