Mr. Craig Nance Profile

Craig Nance

at W. M. Keck Observatory

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Proceedings Article | 11 September 2024 Poster + Paper

W.M. Keck Observatory's hydrostatic bearing system controls replacement project: zero loss of observing, remote operations, enhanced troubleshooting, and improved energy efficiency

Erin Clement, Craig Nance, Justin Ballard

Proceedings Volume 13094, 1309445 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019069

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Connectors, Telescopes, Energy efficiency, Logic, Keck Observatory, Relays, Design, Switching

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

System design of the Keck Planet Finder

Steven Gibson, Andrew Howard, Kodi Rider, Samuel Halverson, Arpita Roy, Ashley Baker, Jerry Edelstein, Christopher Smith, Benjamin Fulton, Josh Walawender, Max Brodheim, Matthew Brown, Dwight Chan, Fei Dai, William Deich, Colby Gottschalk, Jason Grillo, David Hale, Grant Hill, Bradford Holden, Aaron Householder, Howard Isaacson, Yuzo Ishikawa, Sharon Jelinsky, Marc Kassis, Stephen Kaye, Russ Laher, Kyle Lanclos, Chien-Hsiu Lee, Scott Lilley, Benjamin McCarney, Timothy Miller, Joel Payne, Erik Petigura, Claire Poppett, Michael Raffanti, Ryan Rubenzahl, Dale Sandford, Christian Schwab, Abby Shaum, Martin Sirk, Roger Smith, Jim Thorne, John Valliant, Adam Vandenberg, Shin-Ywan Wang, Edward Wishnow, Truman Wold, Sherry Yeh, Steve Baca, Charles Beichman, Bruce Berriman, Thomas Brown, Kelleen Casey, Jason Chin, James Chong, David Cowley, Mark Devenot, Hamza Elwir, Daniel Finstad, Matthew Fraysse, Ean James, Elisha Jhoti, Joe Killian, Obie Levine, Adela Chenyang Li, Eduardo Marin, Steven Milner, Craig Nance, Timothy O'Hanlon, Daniel Orr, Roberto Ortiz-Soto, Tom Payne, Jacob Pember, Gert Raskin, Maureen Savage, Andreas Seifahrt, Brett Smith, Rob Storesund, Julian Stürmer, Nick Suominen, Jerez Tehero, Tod Von Boeckmann, Keith Wages, Marie Weisfeiler, Mavourneen Wilcox, Peter Wizinowich, Anna Wolfenberger

Proceedings Volume 13096, 1309609 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017841

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Equipment, Calibration, Design, Planets, Telescopes, Cameras, Zerodur, Charge-coupled devices, Doppler effect

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Innovations and advances in instrumentation at the W. M. Keck Observatory, vol. II

Marc Kassis, Steve Allen, Carlos Alvarez, Ravinder Banyal, Robert Bertz, Charles Beichman, Aaron Brown, Matthew Brown, Gerald Cabak, Kevin Bundy, Sylvain Cetre, Jason Chin, Mark Chun, Will Deich, Richard Dekany, Jacques Delorme, Mark Devenot, Greg Doppmann, Michael Fitzgerald, Jason Fucik, Grant Hill, Philip Hinz, Bradford Holden, Andrew Howard, Maodong Gao, Steve Gibson, Percy Gomez, Colby Gottschalk, Peter Gillingham, Tucker Jones, Nemanja Jovanovic, Evan Kirby, Quinn Konopacky, Shanti Krishnan, Renate Kupke, James Larkin, Stephanie Leifer, Hilton Lewis, Scott Lilley, Jessica Lu, James Lyke, Nick MacDonald, Eduardo Marin, Matt Matuszewski, Dimitri Mawet, Rosalie McGurk, Maxwell Millar-Blanchaer, Reston Nash, Craig Nance, James Neill, John O'Meara, Eliad Peretz, Claire Poppett, John Mather, Matthew Radovan, Mitsuko Roberts, Sam Ragland, Kodi Rider, Constance Rockosi, Dale Sandfor, Boqiang Shen, Charles Steidel, Sunil Simha, Andy Skemer, Deno Stelter, Avinash Surendran, James Thorne, Ben McCarney, Kyle Lanclos, Ashley Baker, Ryan Rubenzahl, Arpita Roy, Sam Halverson, Jerry Edelstein, Christopher Martin, Maureen Savage, Dale Sandford, Stephanie Sallum, Josh Walawender, Peter Wizinowich, Kyle Westfall, Kerry Vahala, Shelley Wright, Truman Wold, Sherry Yeh

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218405 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628630

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Spectrographs, Exoplanets, Sensors, Spectroscopy, Imaging systems, Telescopes, Planets, Cameras, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 25 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Towards a greener W. M. Keck Observatory

Kevin McCann, Craig Nance, Gavin Sebastian, Josh Walawender

Proceedings Volume 12186, 1218608 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630721

KEYWORDS: Carbon, Carbon dioxide, Observatories, Telescopes, Climatology, Climate change, Astronomy, Keck Observatory, Energy efficiency

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2010 Paper

Keck I laser guide star AO system integration

Jason C. Chin, Thomas Stalcup, Peter Wizinowich, Sergey Panteleev, Chris Neyman, Kevin Tsubota, Douglas Summers, Paul Stomski, Drew Medeiros, Craig Nance, Kenny Grace, Andrew Cooper, Ed Wetherell, Steve Doyle

Proceedings Volume 7736, 77361V (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857598

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Sodium, Wavefront sensors, Laser guide stars, Laser systems engineering, Cameras, Laser development, Fiber lasers, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 4 February 2003 Paper

Strategy for identifying and mitigating facility vibrations to improve optical performance at the W. M. Keck Observatory

Michael Hess, Craig Nance, John Vause, Michael Hrynevych, Mark Swain, Mark Colavita

Proceedings Volume 4837, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.456994

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Interferometers, Adaptive optics, Keck Observatory, Fluctuations and noise, Data modeling, Mirrors, Visualization, Laser guide stars, Systems modeling

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Proceedings Article | 2 August 2000 Paper

Commissioning experience with the 9.2-m Hobby-Eberly Telescope

Thomas Barnes, Mark Adams, John Booth, Mark Cornell, Niall Gaffney, James Fowler, Gary Hill, Grant Hill, Craig Nance, Francois Piche, Lawrence Ramsey, Randall Ricklefs, William Spiesman, P. Worthington

Proceedings Volume 4004, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.393924

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Image segmentation, Mirrors, Control systems, Domes, Simulation of CCA and DLA aggregates, Image quality, Cameras, Computing systems, Camera shutters

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2000 Paper

Night-time operations diagnostics at the Hobby-Eberly Telescope

Craig Nance, James Fowler, Paul Worthington

Proceedings Volume 4010, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.392511

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Diagnostics, Video, Cameras, Control systems, Video surveillance, Optical instrument design, Fiber optics, Signal processing, Amplifiers

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2000 Paper

Thermal conditioning of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope dome

Paul Worthington, James Fowler, Craig Nance, Mark Adams

Proceedings Volume 4010, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.392502

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Fluctuations and noise, Control systems, Cameras, Temperature metrology, Domes, Camera shutters, Electronics, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2000 Paper

Hobby-Eberly Telescope operations model

Mark Adams, Thomas Barnes, Craig Nance, Lawrence Ramsey

Proceedings Volume 4010, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.392506

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Observatories, Mirrors, Image quality, Astronomical telescopes, Instrumentation engineering, Spectrographs, Lawrencium, Astronomy, Calibration

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