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An Observatory Control System for the PANOPTES citizen-science project designed to help find transiting exoplanets! :telescope: :stars:

Stars: 84
Forks: 50
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 74

Dominant language: Python
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Jul 29, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
Beginner labels: good first issue
PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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74 open issues indexed

Adopt the shared project standard: hatch-vcs, zensical, and the four workflows Open

cross-repo python:uv

panoptes/POCS#1482 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 17, 2026
Make egain per-body rather than a hardcoded class constant Open

Camera

panoptes/POCS#1481 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 13, 2026
Restore WHTLVLN/WHTLVLS (camera white level) to the FITS header Open

Camera

panoptes/POCS#1480 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 13, 2026
Treat the FITS header vocabulary as a declared contract Open

Camera Software

panoptes/POCS#1479 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 13, 2026
v1.0.0: Modernise config, telemetry, and hardware decoupling Open

Enhancement

panoptes/POCS#1449 · 1 assignee · Opened May 26, 2026
Recreate metadata upload functionality for structured telemetry Open

panoptes/POCS#1410 · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 19, 2026
Investigate ideal gain settings for ZWO Open

panoptes/POCS#1396 · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 17, 2026
Setting up dslr cameras must be performed each time it disconnects. Open

Camera

panoptes/POCS#1391 · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 13, 2026
Make a fancy text gui for pocs run auto Open

panoptes/POCS#1373 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 18, 2025
Create a nightly report Open

panoptes/POCS#1353 · 1 reaction · 2 assignees · Opened Aug 9, 2025
Cleaner log rotation Open

Logging

panoptes/POCS#1344 · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 4, 2025
Allow cameras to keep images in memory Open

Enhancement

panoptes/POCS#1331 · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 16, 2025
Completely separate image processing from main processing Open

Camera

panoptes/POCS#1330 · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 13, 2025
Consider using python-gphoto2 Open

Enhancement

panoptes/POCS#1329 · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Better config setup timezone Open

Enhancement

panoptes/POCS#1266 · 1 assignee · Opened May 13, 2024
logrotate for json_store Open

Data Management

panoptes/POCS#1243 · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 16, 2024
Make a "hardware report" command for pocs cli Open

Enhancement Hardware

panoptes/POCS#1239 · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 6, 2024
Developing on Mac (and potentially windows) Open

Enhancement

panoptes/POCS#1163 · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 20, 2022
Consider adding `from_config` as a classmethod in `PanBase` Open

Enhancement

panoptes/POCS#1142 · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 4, 2021
Use panoptes-utils `SerialDevice` in `AbstractSerialFocuser` Open

Enhancement focuser

panoptes/POCS#1124 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 22, 2021
_create_subcomponent: misleading error message Open

panoptes/POCS#1067 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 19, 2021
a few misc issues with MacOS POCS developer install Open

bug

panoptes/POCS#1055 · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 26, 2020
Unit tests not catching major problems Open

Enhancement Testing

panoptes/POCS#1047 · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 14, 2020
Error in creating dome simulator within `huntsman-pocs`. Open

dome

panoptes/POCS#1042 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 8, 2020
Inconsistent specification of Camera/Focuser model in config. Open

Enhancement focuser

panoptes/POCS#1027 · 1 comment · 2 assignees · Opened Nov 2, 2020
Inconsistency between `ccd.SDKDriver.get_devices()` and `AbstractSDKCamera._cameras` (bug) Open

panoptes/POCS#1020 · 3 assignees · Opened Oct 21, 2020
Improve autofocusing filter selection Open

Enhancement focuser

panoptes/POCS#1018 · 3 assignees · Opened Oct 13, 2020
Set _last_light_position in FWs during initialisation Open

Enhancement

panoptes/POCS#1017 · 1 comment · 3 assignees · Opened Oct 13, 2020
Remove hard-coded mappings in camera class Open

panoptes/POCS#1014 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 9, 2020
Failure to slew_to_target does not raise a PanError Open

mount

panoptes/POCS#1011 · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 8, 2020
Review camera timestamp issues. Open

Camera Enhancement

panoptes/POCS#953 · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 16, 2020
prepare POCS for a filterwheel mode Open

Enhancement Hardware

panoptes/POCS#941 · 3 comments · 4 assignees · Opened Feb 3, 2020
Add defocus option to camera Focusers Open

Completed downstream Enhancement focuser Hardware

panoptes/POCS#924 · 2 comments · 2 assignees · Opened Oct 28, 2019
bisque Mount.unpark() raises KeyError on first unpark Open

bug mount

panoptes/POCS#917 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 22, 2019
bisque Mount.status() fails until mount has been unparked once Open

bug mount

panoptes/POCS#916 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 22, 2019
POCS.park() doesn't park bisque mount Open

bug mount

panoptes/POCS#915 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 22, 2019
Park unless pointing withing threshold Open

good first issue State Machine

panoptes/POCS#910 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 19, 2019
SDKDriver class ._call_function() methods should raise custom(ised) exceptions Open

Camera Enhancement stale?

panoptes/POCS#905 · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 9, 2019
Consider astroalign for tracking corrections Open

Enhancement good first issue mount

panoptes/POCS#895 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 12, 2019
Handle driver-specific mount creation and initialisation. Open

config mount

panoptes/POCS#866 · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 6, 2019
Separate simulator creation from hardware creation Open

config Hardware

panoptes/POCS#850 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 22, 2019
Handle cleanup_observations when a scheduler is removed. Open

Enhancement scheduler

panoptes/POCS#840 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 4, 2019
SBIG Camera support does not work with STX series cameras Open

bug Camera

panoptes/POCS#774 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 31, 2019
Targets File - Support max_nexp Open

Enhancement scheduler

panoptes/POCS#749 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 8, 2018
Adjust Duration Constraint for time past meridian Open

bug scheduler

panoptes/POCS#748 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 8, 2018
Cloud-based scheduler Open

Enhancement Internship Idea scheduler

panoptes/POCS#743 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 29, 2018
Flat Fielding Work Open

Completed downstream

panoptes/POCS#732 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 20, 2018
Hardware Simulator Improvements Open

Enhancement Hardware Hardware Testing

panoptes/POCS#717 · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 1, 2018
Decouple camera from observation Open

Camera stale?

panoptes/POCS#656 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 1, 2018
Make sure testing is covering entire state machine Open

bug good first issue State Machine Testing

panoptes/POCS#645 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 30, 2018

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