Welcome to POUET’s tutorial!

This section covers the basics of POUET usage. It is still under construction, but is progressing every day.

Note

POUET being still under development, some screenshots of this tutorial might not exactly correspond to what you see in your own session. If you feel something is missing or oddly explained, please let us know.

Quick links

• Set-up POUET
  • Installation…
  • Tree structure
  • Start-up
• Basic usage
  • Buttons, buttons everywhere
  • Import a catalog
  • Sort your targets
  • Display targets on the all-sky and visibility views
  • Extra plots
  • Change the current time
• Understanding warning messages
  • General status of POUET
  • Pointing limit
  • Clouds detection
  • Moon distance
  • No internet connexion
• Station, Configuration and Logs tabs
  • Station tab
  • Configuration tab
  • View logs tab
• Improve your quality of life (must read)
  • Save your catalogs in .pouet format
  • Export the list of selected names
  • Change the default obsprogram/create a new obsprogram file
• Configure POUET (advanced)
  • Change the default configuration (general and Site)
  • Adapt POUET to another observing site