Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems

Editor-in-Chief: Megan Eckart, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, USA

The Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS) covers development, testing, and application of telescopes, instrumentation, techniques, and systems for ground- and space-based astronomy.

On the cover: The figure is from the Gold Open Access paper "Large aperture optically contacted MgF2 retarders for calibration and modulation at DKIST" by David M. Harrington in Vol. 9, Issue 3.

Call For Papers
How to Submit a Manuscript

Regular papers: Submissions of regular papers are always welcome.

Special section papers: Open calls for papers are listed below. A cover letter indicating that the submission is intended for a particular special section should be included with the paper.

To submit a paper, please prepare the manuscript according to the journal guidelines and use the online submission systemLeaving site. All papers will be peer‐reviewed in accordance with the journal's established policies and procedures. Authors have the choice to publish with open access.

Lessons Learned from Large Astronomical Projects
Publication Date
Vol. 10, Issue 1
Submission Deadline
Closed
Guest Editors
Jonathan Arenberg

Northrop Grumman Space
Redondo Beach, California, USA
jon.arenberg@ngc.com

Paul Geithner

Heliospace Corporation
NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
paulgeithner@gmail.com

John O’Meara

Keck Observatory
Waimea, Hawaii, USA
jomeara@keck.hawaii.edu

Scope

Advances in astronomy and astrophysics are frequently driven by observations which are technologically limited by the sensitivity of the observing system. Since the beginning of the era of telescopic observation, there has been a drive for ever more sensitive and capable systems. In the modern era, these observatories can be located both on the ground or in space. These kinds of pioneering systems must be significantly more sensitive or capable than the previous generation. As each successor system becomes larger, more sensitive, more complex than its predecessor it also usually becomes more expensive and riskier to develop. Therefore, advancement of the field is ever more dependent on optimal use of financial, scheduling, and human resources. Such optimum development, design, manufacture, and operation of these kinds of systems begins with using relevant lessons learned and avoiding previous pitfalls and errors. Many of the lessons are in the minds of the developers and users and not usually written down. In the rare cases where they are documented, these lessons are scattered throughout the literature. This special section is calling for papers for lessons learned from past, present, and future ground- and space-based, electro-optical and gravitational wave-based observatories. The aim is to create a resource to be used by the astronomical community as it plans the next great generation of observatories.

Examples of the areas of interest for this special section are:

  • Early mission studies
  • Mission and observatory concept development
  • Siting-geographical location for Earth-based systems, orbits for space-based
  • Public and community engagement
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion
  • Technology development
  • Systems architecture development
  • Manufacturing readiness
  • Descope planning
  • Management
  • Integrated modeling
  • System design
  • Requirement flow down
  • Identifying and managing reserves; technical performance, cost, schedule
  • Risk management
  • Manufacture
  • Interfaces
  • System assembly, integration, and test
  • Verification and validation
  • Calibration
  • Operations including interface to observers
  • Observation planning and scheduling
  • Maintainability, servicing, and logistics
  • Disposal and decommissioning
  • Teaming
  • Other topics (please contact the guest editors)

To submit a manuscript for consideration in the special section, please prepare the manuscript according to the journal guidelines and submit the paper via the online submission system. Once the special section is opened online, each paper will be published as soon as the copyedited and typeset proofs are approved by the author. A cover letter indicating that the submission is intended for this special section should be included with the paper. Manuscripts published in the Proceedings of SPIE are welcome for submission to this special section after proper revision to meet the standards of a journal publication. Regular submissions will be peer-reviewed in accordance with the journal's established policies and procedures.

 

Primary Mirror
Published Special Sections

Line Emission Mapper X-ray Observatory (October-December 2023)
Guest Editors: F. Scott Porter and Paul Plucinsky

Extremely Large Telescopes
(April-June 2022)
Guest Editors: Sandrine Thomas, Gelys Trancho, Elise Vernet, and Tony Travouillon 

SKA Observatory (January-March 2022)
Guest Editors: Anna Bonaldi, Stefan J. Wijnholds, Luca Stringhetti, and Justin Jonas

Starshades (April-June 2021)
Guest Editors: Jonathan W. Arenberg, Anthony Harness, and Rebecca Jensen-Clem

Origins Space Telescope, Part 2
(January-March 2021)
Guest Editors: George Helou and Antonios Seas

Origins Space Telescope, Part 1 (October-December 2020)
Guest Editors: George Helou and Antonios Seas

Detectors for Astronomy and Cosmology, Part 2 (January-March 2020)
Guest Editors: Shouleh Nikzad, Erika Hamden, Michael Hoenk, John MacKenty, Andrei Nomerotski, Chaz Shapiro, Roger Smith

Detectors for Astronomy and Cosmology, Part 1 (October-December 2019)
Guest Editors: Shouleh Nikzad, Erika Hamden, Michael Hoenk, John MacKenty, Andrei Nomerotski, Chaz Shapiro, Roger Smith
 
The Lynx X-Ray Observatory
(April-June 2019)
Guest Editors: Alexey Vikhlinin, Feryal Özel, Jessica Gaskin, Douglas Swartz

The Hitomi X-Ray Observatory, Part 2
(April-June 2018)
Guest Editors: Richard L. Kelley and Kazuhiro Nakazawa

The Hitomi X-Ray Observatory, Part 1 (January-March 2018)
Guest Editors: Richard L. Kelley and Kazuhiro Nakazawa

Polarimetry in X- and Gamma-Ray Astronomy: the Ultimate Dimension (January-March 2018)
Guest Editors: Stanley Hunter and Ezio Caroli

Future Large-Aperture Ultraviolet/Optical/Infrared Space Observatory (October-December 2016)
Guest Editors: Harley Thronson, Avi Mandell, Ron Polidan, and Jason Tumlinson

WFIRST-AFTA Coronagraphs (January-March 2016)
Guest Editors: Olivier Guyon and Motohide Tamura

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