Dyer, M.J. orcid.org/0000-0003-3665-5482, Dhillon, V.S. orcid.org/0000-0003-4236-9642, Littlefair, S. orcid.org/0000-0001-7221-855X et al. (7 more authors) (2020) Developing the GOTO telescope control system. In: Guzman, J.C. and Ibsen, J., (eds.) Proceedings of SPIE : Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VI. SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2020, 14-18 Dec 2020, Online conference. SPIE - Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers ISBN 9781510636910
Abstract
The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) is a wide-field telescope project focused on detecting optical counterparts to gravitational-wave sources. The GOTO Telescope Control System (G-TeCS) is a custom robotic control system which autonomously manages the GOTO telescope hardware and nightly operations. Since the commissioning the GOTO prototype on La Palma in 2017, development of the control system has focused on the alert handling and scheduling systems. These allow GOTO to receive and process transient alerts and then schedule and carry out observations, all without the need for human involvement. GOTO is ultimately anticipated to include multiple telescope arrays on independent mounts, both on La Palma and at a southern site in Australia. When complete these mounts will be linked to form a single multi-site observatory, requiring more advanced scheduling systems to best optimise survey and follow-up observations.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Proc. of SPIE 11452. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | telescopes; gravitational waves; autonomous observation; multi-site observatories; automatic control; software |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Physics and Astronomy (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 02 Mar 2021 11:05 |
Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2021 11:55 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SPIE - Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1117/12.2561506 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:171510 |