New facilities, new challenges: the telescope and instrument operators evolution at ESO

Andres Pino Pavez; Stéphane Brillant; Susana Cerda; Antoine Mérand; Steffen Mieske; Alain Smette; Cristian M. Romero

doi:10.1117/12.2231058

15 July 2016 New facilities, new challenges: the telescope and instrument operators evolution at ESO

Andres Pino Pavez, Stéphane Brillant, Susana Cerda, Antoine Mérand, Steffen Mieske, Alain Smette, Cristian M. Romero

Proceedings Volume 9910, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems VI; 99101K (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231058
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

Observatories and operational strategies are evolving in connection with the facilities that will be built. For those new facilities, the strategy for dealing with the telescopes, instrumentation, data-flow, reduction process and relationship with the community is more or less handled from its conception. However, for those Observatories already in place, the challenge is to adapt the processes and prepare the existing people for these changes. This talk will show detailed information about current activities, the implemented training plan, the definition of the current operational model, the involvement of the group in projects towards improving operational processes and efficiency, and what new challenges will be involved during the definition of the strategies for the new generation instruments and facilities to be installed.

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Andres Pino Pavez, Stéphane Brillant, Susana Cerda, Antoine Mérand, Steffen Mieske, Alain Smette, and Cristian M. Romero "New facilities, new challenges: the telescope and instrument operators evolution at ESO", Proc. SPIE 9910, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems VI, 99101K (15 July 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231058

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