JCMT/UKIRT telescope control system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4848, Issue , 2002, Pages 271-282

  Kackley, Russell D ^a   Rees, Nicholas P ^a   Bailey, Jeremy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b ANGLO AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

DRAMA; Portable; Telescope control system; XML

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETERS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SERVOMECHANISMS; USER INTERFACES; XML;

JAMES CLERK MAXWELL TELESCOPE; PORTABLE TELESCOPE CONTROL SYSTEM; SOFTWARE PACKAGE DRAMA; UNITED KINGDOM INFRARED TELESCOPE;

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES;

EID: 0036983084     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461562     Document Type: Conference Paper

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