STELLA: 10 years of robotic observations on Tenerife

Michael Weber; Thomas Granzer; Klaus G. Strassmeier

doi:10.1117/12.2232251

15 July 2016 STELLA: 10 years of robotic observations on Tenerife

Michael Weber, Thomas Granzer, Klaus G. Strassmeier

Proceedings Volume 9910, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems VI; 99100N (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232251
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

STELLA is a robotic observatory on Tenerife housing two 1.2m robotic telescopes. One telescope is fibre-feeding a high-resolution (R=55,000) échelle spectrograph (SES), while the other telescope is equipped with a visible wide- field (FOV=22' x 22') imaging instrument (WiFSIP). Robotic observations started mid 2006, and the primary scientific driver is monitoring of stellar-activity related phenomena. The STELLA Control System (SCS) software package was originally tailored to the STELLA roll-off style building and high-resolution spectroscopy, but was extended over the years to support the wide-field imager, an off-axis guider for the imager, separate acquisition telescopes, classical domes, and targets-of-opportunity. The SCS allows for unattended, off-line operation of the observatory, targets can be uploaded at any time and are selected based on merit-functions in real-time (dispatch scheduling). We report on the current status of the observatory and the current capabilities of the SCS.

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Michael Weber, Thomas Granzer, and Klaus G. Strassmeier "STELLA: 10 years of robotic observations on Tenerife", Proc. SPIE 9910, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems VI, 99100N (15 July 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232251

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