Automation of the OAN/SPM 1.5-meter Johnson telescope for operations with RATIR

Alan M. Watson; Michael G. Richer; Joshua S. Bloom; Nathaniel R. Butler; Urania Ceseña; David Clark; Enrique Colorado; Antolín Córdova; Alejandro Farah; Lester Fox-Machado; Ori D. Fox; Benjamín García; Leonid N. Georgiev; J. Jesús González; Gerardo Guisa; Leonel Gutiérrez; Joel Herrera; Christopher R. Klein; Alexander S. Kutyrev; Francisco Lazo; William H. Lee; Eduardo López; Esteban Luna; Benjamín Martínez; Francisco Murillo; José Manuel Murillo; Juan Manuel Núñez; J. Xavier Prochaska; José Luís Ochoa; Fernando Quirós; David A. Rapchun; Carlos Román-Zúñiga; Gennady Valyavin

doi:10.1117/12.926927

17 September 2012 Automation of the OAN/SPM 1.5-meter Johnson telescope for operations with RATIR

Alan M. Watson, Michael G. Richer, Joshua S. Bloom, Nathaniel R. Butler, Urania Ceseña, David Clark, Enrique Colorado, Antolín Córdova, Alejandro Farah, Lester Fox-Machado, Ori D. Fox, Benjamín García, Leonid N. Georgiev, J. Jesús González, Gerardo Guisa, Leonel Gutiérrez, Joel Herrera, Christopher R. Klein, Alexander S. Kutyrev, Francisco Lazo, William H. Lee, Eduardo López, Esteban Luna, Benjamín Martínez, Francisco Murillo, José Manuel Murillo, Juan Manuel Núñez, J. Xavier Prochaska, José Luís Ochoa, Fernando Quirós, David A. Rapchun, Carlos Román-Zúñiga, Gennady Valyavin

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Proceedings Volume 8444, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IV; 84445L (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926927
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

The Reionization And Transients Infra-Red (RATIR) camera is intended for robotic operation on the 1.5-meter Harold Johnson telescope of the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional on the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir, Baja California, Mexico. This paper describes the work we have carried out to successfully automate the telescope and prepare it for RATIR. One novelty is our use of real-time absolute astrometry from the finder telescopes to point and guide the main telescope.

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Alan M. Watson, Michael G. Richer, Joshua S. Bloom, Nathaniel R. Butler, Urania Ceseña, David Clark, Enrique Colorado, Antolín Córdova, Alejandro Farah, Lester Fox-Machado, Ori D. Fox, Benjamín García, Leonid N. Georgiev, J. Jesús González, Gerardo Guisa, Leonel Gutiérrez, Joel Herrera, Christopher R. Klein, Alexander S. Kutyrev, Francisco Lazo, William H. Lee, Eduardo López, Esteban Luna, Benjamín Martínez, Francisco Murillo, José Manuel Murillo, Juan Manuel Núñez, J. Xavier Prochaska, José Luís Ochoa, Fernando Quirós, David A. Rapchun, Carlos Román-Zúñiga, and Gennady Valyavin "Automation of the OAN/SPM 1.5-meter Johnson telescope for operations with RATIR", Proc. SPIE 8444, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IV, 84445L (17 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926927

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