Source code for pyobs.interfaces.IAcquisition

from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
from typing import Any, Dict

from .IAbortable import IAbortable
from .IRunning import IRunning


class IAcquisition(IRunning, IAbortable, metaclass=ABCMeta):
    """The module can acquire a target, usually by accessing a telescope and a camera."""

    __module__ = "pyobs.interfaces"

[docs] @abstractmethod async def acquire_target(self, **kwargs: Any) -> Dict[str, Any]: """Acquire target at given coordinates. If no RA/Dec are given, start from current position. Might not work for some implementations that require coordinates. Returns: A dictionary with entries for datetime, ra, dec, alt, az, and either off_ra, off_dec or off_alt, off_az. Raises: ValueError: If target could not be acquired. """ ...
__all__ = ["IAcquisition"]