Software Bisque TPoint

Software Bisque TPoint

Telescope Pointing Analysis Software for use with GoTo Telescope Mounts.

TPoint for Windows is a telescope error modeling application that you can use in conjunction with TheSky Astronomy Software to analyze and improve the pointing accuracy of many different types of computer-driven telescopes. A direct decendant of software that was used at major observatories for years, TPoint is currently being used on many of the world's largest telescopes to maintain pointing models and to monitor performance.

To learn more about the hearyt of TPoint and the fundamental issues involved in telescope error modeling, visit the author's home page at http://tpsoft.demon.co.uk.

TPoint: An Advanced Telescope Analysis System

Combined with TheSky Astronomy Software, TPoint provides you with all of the tools you need to efficiently analyze and improve the polar alignment and the pointing performance of your computer-driven telescope. Using TheSky and TPoint in concert, you can rapidly select, target, and log telescope pointing data. TPoint can then graphically display the data in different formats to quickly reveal important characteristics of your telescope. After learning the inherent quirks and idiosyncrasies of your telescope, mount and optics, TPoint can automatically compensate for them, thus improving your telescope's pointing performance. TPoint even has an advanced analysis capability that enables you to determine axis misalignments, polar misalignment, gear errors, and more.

Support for Many Types of Telescopes

You can use TPoint to improve the pointing accuracy of many types of commercial computer-driven telescopes, including the Celestron Ultima 2000, the Meade LX200 Series, and those supporting the Astronomical Command Language (ACL). TPoint also fine-tunes the pointing of the Paramount ME Robotic Telescope Mount.

TPoint in Action

At Software Bisque, they use TPoint to analyze and improve the pointing accuracy of all their computer-driven telescopes, but TPoint is also being used at some of the world's great observatories. For example, TPoint maintains the pointing models and monitors the performance of the Keck, UKIRT, and UKST telescopes (among others), and it is currently being used to make the Anglo-Australian Telescopes point to one arc-second - about the angular size of one of Jupiter's moons as viewed from earth!

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