Night-time operations diagnostics at the Hobby-Eberly Telescope

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Jul 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000spie.4010..127n&link_type=abstract

Proc. SPIE Vol. 4010, p. 127-134, Observatory Operations to Optimize Scientific Return II, Peter J. Quinn; Ed.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) is an innovative, low cost 9- meter class telescope that specializes in queue mode spectroscopy. To observe astronomical targets, the HET uses a unique focal tracker system that employs complex robotic mechanisms to accurately point and track. In this contribution, we describe the electro-mechanical subsystems that have been designed and installed to monitor and diagnose this unique telescope's operations modes. These subsystems are designed to maximize the fraction of night-time hours that are devoted to science operations, optimizing the telescope's scientific output by quickly detecting problems and minimizing engineering overhead.

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