Cerro tololo inter-American observatory, Victor M. Blanco 4-m telescope: An upgrade to the telescope control system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7012, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Abbott, Timothy M C ^a   Schumacher, German ^a   Warner, Michael ^a   Mondaca, Eduardo ^a   Schmidt, Ricardo E ^a   Cantarutti, Rolando ^a   Martinez, Manuel ^a   Estay, Omar ^a   Delgado, Francisco ^a   Walker, Alistair ^a  

^a NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Telescope; Telescope Control System

Indexed keywords

DARK ENERGY; DARK ENERGY EQUATION; DRIVER SYSTEMS; HARDWARE MODIFICATIONS; INFRARED IMAGER; MEGA-PIXEL; NEW INSTRUMENT; PRIME-FOCUS; REAL TIME QUALITY CONTROL; SERVO CONTROL; SITE OBSERVATION; SOAR TELESCOPE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TAPE ENCODERS; TELESCOPE CONTROL SYSTEM;

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; ASTROPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERICS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CONTROL; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; OBSERVABILITY; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; SLIP FORMING; SURVEYS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 66749084460     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.789614     Document Type: Conference Paper

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