Targeting and sequencing algorithms for the Hectospec's optical fiber robotic positioner

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3355, Issue , 1998, Pages 324-332

  Roll Jr , John B ^a   Fabricant, D G ^a   McLeod, B A ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

MMT; Optical; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ASTROPHYSICS; INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

CELESTIAL OBJECTS; COMPUTER RESOURCES; FIVE-AXIS; MATCHING ALGORITHMS; MMT; MOTION SEQUENCES; MULTI-OBJECT SPECTROSCOPIES; OPTICAL; RECURSIVE PROCEDURES; SEQUENCING ALGORITHMS; SIMULTANEOUS OPTIMIZATIONS; USER INTERACTIONS;

FIBERS;

EID: 62849117426     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.316837     Document Type: Conference Paper

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