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Telescopius Import

If you plan on Telescopius, you can bring your work into ARIS. Export from Telescopius as you normally would, import the file into ARIS, and your list becomes a rig-persisted target list that feeds directly into planning and sequences.

This is a file import: ARIS reads the standard export files Telescopius produces. There is no account connection or syncing involved — your exports are yours, and importing them requires nothing but the file.

What you can import

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  • Saved observing lists (CSV) — your curated target lists export as CSV; ARIS imports every row.
  • Autostar tours (.mtf) — tour files import as target lists too.
  • Mosaic plans (CSV) — a Telescopius mosaic exports with each pane’s center coordinates and position angle. ARIS preserves both per pane, so a 2x2 mosaic arrives as four correctly placed, correctly rotated targets. Paired with a rotator, the framing you designed is the framing you shoot.

How to import

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  1. Open the Plan screen and open Target Lists.
  2. Tap Import file and pick your exported CSV or .mtf file.
  3. Review the parsed targets, then save.

The list is stored on the rig itself, so it is there for every device you connect from — and you can rename it any time.

What happens to your rows

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Each imported row is matched against ARIS’s object catalogs, so “M 101” in your CSV becomes the same M101 the Plan screen already knows — with its catalog data, imagery, and altitude curve. Rows that don’t match a catalog object are kept as coordinate-only targets: they still plot on the sky chart, still show visibility for your site, and can still be slewed to and sequenced.

From there, imported targets behave like any other target: frame them against your sensor’s field of view, check tonight’s altitude window, and add them to a sequence.

After import

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Your lists live in the Target Lists sheet on the Plan screen, whichever device you open it from — the rig is the storage, not the browser you happened to import with. Open a list and tap a target to center the sky atlas on it, check when it clears your horizon tonight, and send it into a sequence plan. A big imported list works well as a season’s menu: import once, then pull targets from it night by night.