iTelescope

iTelescope makes it easy to take images of the moon from the comfort of your own home. With only a few clicks, you can shoot high-resolution moon photos with ease. No prior knowledge is necessary because our powerful algorithms will handle everything for you, ensuring that you receive the best results every time.

You can also view the moon through various telescopes, as well as wide angle and close-up views of the moon.
When the moon illumination is over 75%, Moon imaging is completely free for 10 days.

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How to take MOON images using Telescope Control System

Step 1: Go to https://go.itelescope.net/ and login with your credentials. If you are not subscriber please click subscribe.

Step 2: Once logged in successfully you will see launchpad. Select your desired observatory whose status is open and under that click on the telescope which is available.

Step 3: Enter your login credentials again here.

Step 4: After successful logging into telescope control system, active members will see the screen below. Click on Moon menu under Imaging/Plan

Step 5: On the right, you'll see the Moon interface, which is basic and easy to use. It shows the current moon phase as well as all moon-related data in real time. All you have to do now is pick a quantity and click Acquire Images Now. This will initiate plan on telescope system.

If you are an advanced user you you may expand the Show Advanced Imaging Options area and have additional options to pick from.

Note: Moon imaging is for on demand live imaging sessions only no reservation imagining is allowed.

Step 6: Click on System status Menu item from left navigation bar.

Step 7: System status will show what telescope control system is doing and show you all logs in real time. Once images are taken via telescopes Activity status will change to IDLE.

Step 8: Now you need to click again on My images menu item under My Data.

Step 9: You see below screen after that please enter your credential again.

Step 10: You will see all telescopes folders which you have used for imaging. In our case we used telescope T24.

Step 11: You will see Moon folder and under that all sub folders are structured based on date time . You can get all of your moon-related photos under these folder.

Step 12: Well done you just took your first Moon image. Enjoy :-)