VST project: control software overview

Massimo Brescia; Dario Mancini; Laurent Marty; Germana Mazzola; Pietro Schipani; Gianfranco Spirito

doi:10.1117/12.461620

13 December 2002 VST project: control software overview

Massimo Brescia, Dario Mancini, Laurent Marty, Germana Mazzola, Pietro Schipani, Gianfranco Spirito

Proceedings Volume 4848, Advanced Telescope and Instrumentation Control Software II; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461620
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) is a cooperative program between the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the INAF Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory (OAC), Naples, for the study, design, and realization of a 2.6-m wide-field optical imaging telescope to be operated at the Paranal Observatory, Chile. The telescope design, manufacturing and integration are provided and under responsibility of the Technology Working Group (TWG) of OAC. The VST has been specifically designed to carry out stand-alone observations in the UV to I spectral range and to supply target databases for the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VST control software will operate the telescope, all the auxiliary subsystems and will manage the interfaces toward the instrumentation. The paper will describe the architecture of the software system, including the solutions adopted to be compliant with the ESO standard software environment.

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Massimo Brescia, Dario Mancini, Laurent Marty, Germana Mazzola, Pietro Schipani, and Gianfranco Spirito "VST project: control software overview", Proc. SPIE 4848, Advanced Telescope and Instrumentation Control Software II, (13 December 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461620

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