pyobs-asi

This is a pyobs (documentation) module for ASI ZWO cameras.

Example configuration

This is an example configuration, tested on a ASI 071 MC:

class: pyobs_asi.AsiCoolCamera
camera: ZWO ASI071MC Pro

# file naming
filenames: /cache/pyobs-{DAY-OBS|date:}-{FRAMENUM|string:04d}-{IMAGETYP|type}00.fits

# additional fits headers
fits_headers:
  'DET-PIXL': [0.00478, 'Size of detector pixels (square) [mm]']
  'DET-NAME': ['SONY IMX071', 'Name of detector']
  'DET-RON': [2.3, 'Detector readout noise [e-]']
  'DET-SATU': [46000, 'Detector saturation limit [e-]']

# opto-mechanical centre
centre: [2472.0, 1642.0]

# rotation (east of north)
rotation: 3.06
flip: True

# location
timezone: utc
location:
  longitude: 9.944333
  latitude: 51.560583
  elevation: 201.

# communication
comm:
  jid: test@example.com
  password: ***

# virtual file system
vfs:
  class: pyobs.vfs.VirtualFileSystem
  roots:
    cache:
      class: pyobs.vfs.HttpFile
      upload: http://localhost:37075/

Available classes

There are two classes for ASI ZWO cameras: AsiCamera for cameras without cooling, and AsiCoolCamera for cameras with cooling support.

AsiCamera

AsiCoolCamera