Nights Domain
The Nights Domain comprises all the features Arcsecond offers for exploring planning, and observing.
Night Explorer
Night Explorer, formerly known as iObserve, the best pro tools to explore observing nights. Already used by thousands of astronomers worldwide (and even some classrooms!)
Night Plans & Rule Sets
Night Plans are the whole new Observations Planner of Arcsecond. Night Plans allow to record linear sequences of targets, with their expected explosure time, in a given observing site and telescope.
Rule Sets are custom rules to be attached to Observing Sites, Telescopes, regular Targets or Transiting Exoplanets. Then can be used then to automatically sequence your Night Plans. in preparation!
Night Logs
Night Logs are the executed plans! They record the actual sequence of observations performed. Data Files can be easily associated with every observation.
Targets Domain
Follow-Up Targets
Follow-Up Targets are the targets that have been observed. Arcsecond maintains the list from the created Night Logs and those reconstructed from uploaded data.
Target Lists
Target Lists are lists of targets grouped by common interest. They can be directly created from / imported to the Night Explorer, and used to create Night Plans, Night Logs etc.
Exoplanet Transits
Exoplanet Transits are the subset of exoplanets known for transiting in front of their host star. Arcsecond builds a powerful table and visualisation of transits for any date, and observing site of your choice.
Known Bright Objects
Known Bright Objects are the objects you can easily observe tonight. This feature is still in preparation.
Data Domain
Datasets & Data Storages
Datasets are the virtual folders containing data. They allow to group (and easily download) data files which have a common source or interest.
Cloud Storage is the unlimited, secured-by-default, deletion-protected, industry-grade storage Arcsecond offers, based on Amazon's AWS S3.
External Storages are storages that an astronomer, or an Observatory Portal owns, or has access to. By providing secured read-only credentials, Arcsecond will use it to consolidate the Follow-Up Targets list (and past Night Logs too).
Data Packages
Data Packages are custom packages of Datasets to be shared, either within an Observatory Portal (e.g. for visiting observers), or with other astronomers, or to the public.
Data & File Browser
File Browser is a browser of all Data files associated with an account or an Observatory Portal (being Arcsecond's Cloud storage or External Storages).