Queue observing at the Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic 1.6-m telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7737, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Artigau, Étienne ^a   Lamontagne, Robert ^a   Doyon, René ^a   Malo, Lison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Observatory management; queue observing; small telescopes; student training

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES; QUEUE OBSERVING; SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS; SERVICE-OBSERVING; SMALL TELESCOPES; STUDENT TRAINING; TRAINING TOOLS;

BUILDINGS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; QUEUEING THEORY; STUDENTS;

OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 78049356103     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.856473     Document Type: Conference Paper

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