The JCMT observing queue and recipe sequencer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5496, Issue , 2004, Pages 718-728

  Kackley, Russell D ^a   Rees, Nicholas P ^a   Walther, Craig ^a   Jenness, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

DRAMA; Instrument control; Observatory control; Observing recipe; Sequencer; User interface; XML

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; COMPUTER CONTROL; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DATA REDUCTION; OBSERVATORIES; USER INTERFACES; XML;

DRAMA; INSTRUMENT CONTROL; OBSERVATORY CONTROL; OHSERVING RECIPES; SEQUENCERS;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 12344337601     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.550646     Document Type: Conference Paper

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