Fully integrated control system for the discovery channel telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5496, Issue , 2004, Pages 701-709

  Wiecha, Oliver M ^a   Sebring, Thomas A ^a  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative Development; Control Systems; Software Re use; Telescope

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; REMOTE CONTROL; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT; MANAGEMENT TOOLS; SOFTWARE RE-USE; STORAGE DEVICES;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 10444252004     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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