Remote observing with the keck telescopes from multiple sites in California

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4845, Issue , 2002, Pages 80-93

  Kibrick, Robert ^a   Hayes, Brian ^a   Allen, Steve ^a   Conrad, Al ^b  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^b W M KECK OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet 2; ISDN; Remote instrumentation; Remote observing; Remote operation; Video conferencing

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; INTERNET; OBSERVATORIES; RADIO ASTRONOMY; REMOTE SENSING; ROUTERS; TELEPHONE CIRCUITS; VIDEO CONFERENCING; VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

KECK TELESCOPES; REMOTE INSTRUMENTATION; REMOTE OPERATION;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0036986132     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.456587     Document Type: Conference Paper

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