LCOGT sites and site operations

John J. Martinez; Timothy M. Brown; Patrick Conway; Mark Elphick; Michael Falarski; Eric Hawkins; Wayne Rosing; John Shobbrook

doi:10.1117/12.857799

29 July 2010 LCOGT sites and site operations

John J. Martinez, Timothy M. Brown, Patrick Conway, Mark Elphick, Michael Falarski, Eric Hawkins, Wayne Rosing, John Shobbrook

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Proceedings Volume 7737, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems III; 77370O (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857799
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

LCOGT is currently building and deploying a world-wide network of at least twelve 1-meter and twenty-four 0.4-meter telescopes to as many as 4 sites in the Southern hemisphere (Chile, South Africa, Eastern Australia) and 4 in the Northern hemisphere (Hawaii, West Texas, Canary Islands). Our deployment and operations model emphasizes modularity and interchangeability of major components, maintenance and troubleshooting personnel who are local to the site, and autonomy of operation. We plan to ship, install, and spare large units (in many cases entire telescopes), with minimal assembly on site.

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John J. Martinez, Timothy M. Brown, Patrick Conway, Mark Elphick, Michael Falarski, Eric Hawkins, Wayne Rosing, and John Shobbrook "LCOGT sites and site operations", Proc. SPIE 7737, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems III, 77370O (29 July 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857799

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