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Milestone Report Step 2 (Step 2. Schedule a time to take the pictures.) All of the projects that require a person to observe an object use the program with NMSO (New Mexico Skies Observatory), this project is no different. The New Mexico Skies Observatory uses iBisque to take pictures and they are saved as FITS files. The instructions for scheduling a time to observe an object are written out clearly in the document April 2006 NMSO Instructions. There is still the question of what to do with the files after you take them. It will take a day or two to receive the images, when you do download them you will want to take care not to delete the original images because once they’re gone they are gone for good. The images can be downloaded from the site given to you in the April NMSO Instructions. Here is a link to the document: [|April 06 NMSO Instructions.doc]


 * "Downloading Images:** Your finished images will available at an FTP site the following morning. Go to**: f tp://12.196.245.92/** with your User Name here. Then open your folder and highlight the images you want to download. Then either drag them to your desktop, or right click and enter your destination. If you are having trouble getting the ftp site you may need to set your software to ftp passive, or PASV. Mac users who have a problem should try using ftp file transfer software such as Fetch 4.0. (April NMSO Instructions)"

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