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Telescope.AxisRates() Method

Determine the rates at which the telescope may be moved about the specified axis by the MoveAxis() method.

Syntax

Telescope.AxisRates(Axis)

The method syntax has these parts:

Part Description
Axis (TelescopeAxes) The axis about which rate information is desired
Return (Object) Collection of Rate objects describing the supported rates of motion that can be supplied to the MoveAxis() method for the specified axis.

Remarks

See the description of MoveAxis() for more information.

This method must return an empty collection if MoveAxis is not supported.

Symbolic Constants

The (symbolic) values for TelescopeAxes are:

Constant Value Description
axisPrimary 0 Primary axis (e.g., Right Ascension or Azimuth)
axisSecondary 1 Secondary axis (e.g., Declination or Altitude)
axisTertiary 2 Tertiary axis (e.g. imager rotator/de-rotator)