Published July 18, 2014
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The Robo-AO automated intelligent queue system
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California Institute of Technology
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Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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University of Hawaii at Manoa
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Abstract
Robo-AO is the first automated laser adaptive optics instrument. In just its second year of scientific operations, it has completed the largest adaptive optics surveys to date, each comprising thousands of targets. Robo-AO uses a fully automated queue scheduling system that selects targets based on criteria entered on a per observing program or per target basis, and includes the ability to coordinate with US Strategic Command automatically to avoid lasing space assets. This enables Robo-AO to select among thousands of targets at a time, and achieve an average observation rate of approximately 20 targets per hour.
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© 2014 SPIE. Date Published: 18 July 2014. The Robo-AO system is supported by collaborating partner institutions, the California Institute of Technology and the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, and by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. AST-0906060 and AST-0960343, by the Mount Cuba Astronomical Foundation, and by a gift from Samuel Oschin. We are grateful to the Palomar Observatory staff for their ongoing support of Robo-AO on the 60-inch telescope, particularly S. Kunsman, M. Doyle, J. Henning, R. Walters, G. Van Idsinga, B. Baker, K. Dunscombe and D. Roderick.Attached Files
Published - Riddle_2014p91521E.pdf
Submitted - 1407.4484v1.pdf
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- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
- NSF
- AST-0906060
- NSF
- AST-0960343
- Mount Cuba Astronomical Foundation
- Samuel Oschin
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