Control of the TSU 2-m automatic telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5496, Issue , 2004, Pages 710-717

  Eaton, Joel A ^a   Williamson, Michael H ^a  

^a TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Quality control; Telescope control

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER CONTROL; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FIBER OPTICS; INTERNET; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OBSERVATORIES; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECTROSCOPY;

AUTOMATIC SPECTROSCOPIC TELESCOPE (AST); AUTOMATION OPERATION; STARLIGHT; TELESCOPE CONTROL;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 12344337602     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.549451     Document Type: Conference Paper

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