JCMT Telescope Control System upgrades for SCUBA-2

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7740, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages

  Kackley, Russell ^a   Scott, Douglas ^b   Chapin, Edward ^b   Friberg, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

DRAMA; PTCS; scan pattern; SCUBA 2; Telescope control system

Indexed keywords

DRAMA; PTCS; SCAN PATTERNS; SCUBA-2; TELESCOPE CONTROL SYSTEM;

ASTRONOMY; CONTROL THEORY; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; HETERODYNING; INSTRUMENTS; SCANNING;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 77956157814     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857397     Document Type: Conference Paper

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