Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jun 2000
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Proc. SPIE Vol. 4011, p. 104-116, Advanced Global Communications Technologies for Astronomy, Robert I. Kibrick; Anders Wallander
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
We describe the current status of efforts to establish a high-bandwidth network from the U.S. mainland to Mauna Kea and a facility in California to support Keck remote observing and engineering via the Internet. The California facility will be an extension of the existing Keck remote operations facility located in Waimea, Hawaii. It will be targeted towards short-duration observing runs which now comprise roughly half of all scheduled science runs on the Keck Telescope. Keck technical staff in Hawaii will support remote observers on the mainland via video conferencing and collaborative software tools. Advantages and disadvantages of remote operation from California versus Hawaii are explored, and costs of alternative communication paths examined. We describe a plan for a backup communications path to protect against failure of the primary network. Alternative software models for remote operation are explored, and recent operational results described.
Allen Steve L.
Conrad Albert
Kibrick Robert I.
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