Remote operation of the CHARA Array via the Internet

Thomas Fallon; Harold A. McAlister; Theo Armand ten Brummelaar

doi:10.1117/12.458079

21 February 2003 Remote operation of the CHARA Array via the Internet

Thomas Fallon, Harold A. McAlister, Theo Armand ten Brummelaar

Proceedings Volume 4838, Interferometry for Optical Astronomy II; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458079
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

A remote operations center for Georgia State University's Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array is in the final stages of implementation on the university campus in Atlanta, GA. Several technological considerations were incorporated into the overall design including a secure network infrastructure with an acceptable end-to-end latency, a control room replete with appropriate computing and projection systems, an efficient client-server model, and a data archival system. Although independent of the local weather, remote operations have practical considerations, such as routine preparations requiring on-site personnel and the observation of astronomical targets with celestial coordinates appropriate to the Local Sidereal Time (LST) and U-V plane coverage of the array.

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Thomas Fallon, Harold A. McAlister, and Theo Armand ten Brummelaar "Remote operation of the CHARA Array via the Internet", Proc. SPIE 4838, Interferometry for Optical Astronomy II, (21 February 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458079

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