I am wondering if anyone has suggestions or JSON example to share for an Advanced Sequence that can observe multiple variable targets? I have tried using the NINA ExoPlanet plugin, and also wrote to the authors (but no reponse). The awesome feature of that plugin is the ‘Calculate Exposure Time’ instruction that will take a few test exposure with a user-defined ADU setting, and it platesolves to find comparison stars while also knowing the target star.
It’s nice as well that you can upload an AAVSO csv, but the rest is manual in terms of selecting one variable, and the ExoPlanet Container only works on one target. I am looking for an automated way to put in a list of variables, have each of their exposure times auto-calculated, and let the observatory collect data on multiple targets per night.
I’ve started coding my own NINA plugin, but I’m learning as I go. If I manage to get it working, I’ll gladly share to the community but wondered if someone has already figured this out? I love the Target Scheduler plugin, but unsure how I could use Calculate Exposure Time instruction as part of that plugin.
I happened to have a need for something similar–targeting up to 100 sources in a short time. Perhaps my approach to a solution can help in your case. What I did was to set up a NINA sequence for all the actions I wanted to do on a single object and then saved the sequence as a json. I then posted the json to Gemini (AI) and asked it to generate code that would read from a list of objects and create a NINA json file that would treat each one the same. It was able to create the containers and boiler plate needed from that example. I had to make some changes to the AI-generated code to make it work, but they were few and easy to make. I have been using it successfully, simply creating a list of targets and running the code to make the json. I can share more details if desired.
Oh awesome! Thanks for your reply. That would be helpful to see how you have this process working. I heard back from one of the co-authors of Target Scheduler, and while they’re interested it’s not possible at the moment for ‘exposure management’ to run outside of their plugin.
I can shoot you an email or if you’re on Discord can chat further. Thanks!