Dr. Colin Blackburn Profile

Dr. Colin Blackburn

Software Engineer at Univ of Durham

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Proceedings Article | 11 July 2008 Paper

FMOS: the fiber multiple-object spectrograph: Part VI. Onboard performances and results of the engineering observations

Fumihide Iwamuro, Toshinori Maihara, Masayuki Akiyama, Masahiko Kimura, Naoyuki Tamura, Naruhisa Takato, Philip Tait, Kouji Ohta, Shigeru Eto, Yuuki Moritani, Gavin Dalton, Ian Lewis, Hanshin Lee, Ian A. Tosh, Tim Froud, Graham Murray, Colin Blackburn, David Bonfield, Peter Gillingham, Scott Smedley, Greg Smith, Gabriella Frost

Proceedings Volume 7014, 70140T (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.787746

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Lenses, Stars, Sensors, Mirrors, Space telescopes, Infrared spectroscopy, Infrared radiation, Monochromatic aberrations

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Proceedings Article | 11 July 2008 Paper

Integration, commissioning, and performance of the UK FMOS spectrograph

Gavin Dalton, Ian Lewis, Ian A. J. Tosh, Colin Blackburn, David Bonfield, Charles Brooks, Alan Holmes, Hanshin Lee, Tim Froud, Masayuki Akiyama, Naoyuki Tamura, Naruhisa Takato

Proceedings Volume 7014, 70143W (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.787619

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Mirrors, Cameras, Telescopes, Photomasks, Stars, Sensors, Astronomical imaging, Calibration, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 29 June 2006 Paper

The UK FMOS spectrograph

G. Dalton, I. Lewis, D. Bonfield, A. Holmes, C. Brooks, H. Lee, I. A. Tosh, T. Froud, M. Patel, N. Dipper, C. Blackburn

Proceedings Volume 6269, 62694A (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670022

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Spectrographs, Sensors, Cameras, Control systems, Telescopes, Collimators, Infrared spectroscopy, Spherical lenses, Distortion

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Proceedings Article | 28 June 2006 Paper

GLAS: engineering a common-user Rayleigh laser guide star for adaptive optics on the William Herschel Telescope

Gordon Talbot, Don Carlos Abrams, Nikolaos Apostolakos, Richard Bassom, Colin Blackburn, Maarten Blanken, Diego Cano Infantes, Alan Chopping, Kevin Dee, Nigel Dipper, Eddy Elswijk, Bernard Enthoven, Thomas Gregory, Rik ter Horst, Ron Humphreys, Jan Idserda, Paul Jolley, Sjouke Kuindersma, Richard McDermid, Tim Morris, Richard Myers, Sergio Pico, Johan Pragt, Simon Rees, Jürg Rey, Marcos Reyes, René Rutten, Ton Schoenmaker, Jure Skvarc, Niels Tromp, Simon Tulloch, Auke Veninga

Proceedings Volume 6272, 62722H (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.669942

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Control systems, Mirrors, Laser safety, Laser systems engineering, Laser guide stars, Pulsed laser operation, Charge-coupled devices, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

Cryogenic tests of volume-phase holographic gratings

Naoyuki Tamura, Graham Murray, Peter Luke, Colin Blackburn, David Robertson, Nigel Dipper, Ray Sharples, Jeremy Allington-Smith

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550797

KEYWORDS: Diffraction, Diffraction gratings, Cryogenics, Temperature metrology, Sensors, Spectrographs, Volume holography, Holography, Monochromators, Optical testing

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Proceedings Article | 15 September 2004 Paper

The use of object-oriented techniques and CORBA in astronomical instrumentation control systems

Nigel Dipper, Colin Blackburn

Proceedings Volume 5496, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550121

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Spectrographs, Astronomy, Telecommunications, Human-machine interfaces, Control systems design, Software development, Astronomical instrumentation, Distributed computing, Telescopes

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