Computer Science – Operating Systems
Scientific paper
Oct 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000aas...196.5213m&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 196th AAS Meeting, #52.13; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 32, p.1283
Computer Science
Operating Systems
Scientific paper
The Wyoming Infra-Red Observatory (WIRO) is currently upgrading its facilities to allow remote operation of the telescope and instruments over the Internet. WIRO is a 2.3 meter, f/27 telescope located 40km southwest of the University of Wyoming campus at an elevation of 2900 meters. A 10.5Mbps microwave link from the summit of Jelm Mountain to a control room on the Laramie campus connects the observatory to UW's computer network. This allows access to the WIRO control computer via a conventional Internet connection from literally anywhere in the world. Remote real-time control of the telescope and CCD camera have already been achieved from the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona via an Internet 2 connection. The telescope and instrumentation control systems currently run under Linux. The remote observer can connect to the observatory computers from a variety of operating systems including PCs with Microsoft Windows utilizing an X Server program. Instrumentation is being developed for use with the remote capabilities and we anticipate additional instrumentation will be developed in collaboration with scientists at NASA research centers. We ackowledge funding from NASA EPSCoR Grant #NASA 3393.
Cash Jennifer
Johnson Peter
Martin Rafael
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