Paranal instruments: installation, maintenance, optimization, and operation

Frederic Gonte; Alain Smette

doi:10.1117/12.927171

13 September 2012 Paranal instruments: installation, maintenance, optimization, and operation

Frederic Gonte, Alain Smette

Proceedings Volume 8448, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems IV; 84481C (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927171
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

We will present the status of the scientific instruments and their associated systems at the Paranal observatory and the approach used to integrate, commission and to keep them at their maximum performances.

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Frederic Gonte and Alain Smette "Paranal instruments: installation, maintenance, optimization, and operation", Proc. SPIE 8448, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems IV, 84481C (13 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927171

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