Automated seeing monitoring for queue-scheduled astronomical observations

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3125, Issue , 1997, Pages 366-374

  Sarazin, Marc S ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astronomical imaging; Atmospheric seeing; Queue scheduling

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; BUILDINGS; OBSERVATORIES; PROGRAMMING THEORY; QUEUEING THEORY; SCHEDULING;

ASTRONOMICAL IMAGING; ATMOSPHERIC SEEING; INSTRUMENTAL ERRORS; MONITOR (CO); QUEUE SCHEDULING; SITE SURVEYS; WAVEFRONT COHERENCE;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES;

EID: 0142120070     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.279030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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