The RAPTOR experiment: A system for monitoring the optical sky in real time

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4845, Issue , 2002, Pages 126-136

  Vestrand, W T ^a   Borozdin, K ^a   Brumby, S ^a   Casperson, D ^a   Fenimore, E ^a   Galassi, M ^a   McGowan, K ^a   Perkins, S ^a   Priedhorsky, W ^a   Starr, D ^a   White, R ^a   Wozniak, P ^a   Wren, J ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data mining; Distributed sensors; Optical transients; Real time processing; Robotic telescopes; Sky monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CAMERAS; DATA MINING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SENSORS; MONITORING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DISTRIBUTED SENSORS; OPTICAL TRANSIENTS; ROBOTIC TELESCOPES;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0036994793     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459515     Document Type: Conference Paper

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