ACS (Alma Common Software) operating a set of robotic telescopes

C. Westhues; M. Ramolla; R. Lemke; M. Haas; H. Drass; R. Chini

doi:10.1117/12.2054758

18 July 2014 ACS (Alma Common Software) operating a set of robotic telescopes

C. Westhues, M. Ramolla, R. Lemke, M. Haas, H. Drass, R. Chini

Proceedings Volume 9152, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy III; 915210 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054758
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

We use the ALMA Common Software (ACS) to establish a unified middleware for robotic observations with the 40cm Optical, 80cm Infrared and 1.5m Hexapod telescopes located at OCA (Observatorio Cerro Armazones) and the ESO 1-m located at La Silla. ACS permits to hide from the observer the technical specifications, like mount-type or camera-model. Furthermore ACS provides a uniform interface to the different telescopes, allowing us to run the same planning program for each telescope. Observations are carried out for long-term monitoring campaigns to study the variability of stars and AGN. We present here the specific implementation to the different telescopes.

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C. Westhues, M. Ramolla, R. Lemke, M. Haas, H. Drass, and R. Chini "ACS (Alma Common Software) operating a set of robotic telescopes", Proc. SPIE 9152, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy III, 915210 (18 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054758

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