The VLT interferometer data flow system: From observation preparation to data processing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4844, Issue , 2002, Pages 300-309

  Ballester, P ^a   Chavan, A M ^a   Glindemann, A ^a   Guirao, C ^a   Jaffe, W ^b   Kervella, P ^a   Peron, M ^a   Pirenne, B ^a   Quinn, P J ^a   Richichi, A ^a   Sabet, C ^a   Scholler M ^a   Wicenec, A ^a   Wilhelm, R ^a   Wiseman, B ^a   Wittkowski, M ^a   Zampieri, S ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Data Flow System; Data Handling; Interferometer; Very Large Telescope

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA HANDLING; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; TELESCOPES;

DATA FLOW SYSTEMS (DFS);

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0038222571     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.460619     Document Type: Conference Paper

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