SKY system for az/el telescope control

Albert Conrad

doi:10.1117/12.211458

8 June 1995 SKY system for az/el telescope control

Albert Conrad

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Proceedings Volume 2479, Telescope Control Systems; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.211458
Event: SPIE's 1995 Symposium on OE/Aerospace Sensing and Dual Use Photonics, 1995, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

We control the Keck ten meter telescope with a point-and-click interface called `SKY.' We choose a position either by entering coordinates directly, by reading a star list, or by searching one of two on-line catalogs. Targets can be previewed using current or future sidereal time. SKY provides instrument specific rotator control, usually by finding a guide star within the available annulus and then directing the rotator to the appropriate position angle. All this is done by pointing and clicking, without retyping coordinates and angles. A preview popup displays time-to-limit information. SKY features a stand alone mode for planning and training at the observer's home institution.

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Albert Conrad "SKY system for az/el telescope control", Proc. SPIE 2479, Telescope Control Systems, (8 June 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.211458

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