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| Name: Nirmal K Affiliation: Indian Institute of Astrophysics Conference ID: ASI2015_632 Title : Pointing System for Balloon Borne Telescope. Authors and Co-Authors : A.G.Sreejitj,M.Joice,S.Mayuresh,S.Ambily,Murty Jayanth. Abstract Type : Poster Abstract Category : Instrumentation and Techniques Abstract : We propose the design and implementation of light weight ,completely automated pointing system for balloon borne telescope.The system is developed using off the shelf componenet such as arduino uno controller,HMC 5883l magnetometer and MPU -9150 Inertial Measurement Unit(IMU).It is very compact and rugged ,which can be used to take image/ video in a moving vehicle.We discuss the advantages of such kind of system,accuracy related issues and drawbacks.More stress is given to calibration of different component as well as ground based testing.At present,system can track sun/moon with an accuracy of $0.5^0$. |