A route-finding algorithm for the optimal control of telescope slews

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3112, Issue , 1997, Pages 76-87

  Prestage, Richard M ^a   Oliveira, Firmin J ^a   Bailey, Jeremy A ^b   Friberg, Per ^a   Kenderdine, Sidney ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b ANGLO AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

^c CAVENDISH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pointing; Rastering; Tracking; Virtual telescopes

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENCY CONTROL; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROL THEORY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; ROUTING ALGORITHMS; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; TELESCOPES;

FINDING ALGORITHM; POINTING; RASTERING; SPECIFIC HARDWARE; TELESCOPE CONTROL; TELESCOPE CONTROL SYSTEM (TCS); TELESCOPE SYSTEM; TRACKING; VIRTUAL TELESCOPES;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0002765253     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.278815     Document Type: Conference Paper

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