Autonomous Observing and Control Systems for PAIRITEL, a 1.3m Infrared Imaging Telescope

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dc.creatorBloom, J. S.
dc.creatorStarr, Dan L.
dc.creatorBlake, Cullen H.
dc.creatorSkrutskie, M. F.
dc.creatorFalco, Emilio E.
dc.date2005-11-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:45:26Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:45:26Z
dc.descriptionThe Peters Automated Infrared Imaging Telescope (PAIRITEL) is the first meter-class telescope operating as a fully robotic IR imaging system. Dedicated in October 2004, PAIRITEL began regular observations in mid-December 2004 as part of a 1.5 year commissioning period. The system was designed to respond without human intervention to new gamma-ray burst transients: this milestone was finally reached on November 9, 2005 but the telescope had a number of semi-automated sub-10 minute responses throughout early commissioning. When not operating in Target of Opportunity mode, PAIRITEL performs a number of queue scheduled transient monitoring campaigns. To achieve this level of automation, we have developed communicating tools to connect the various sub-systems: an intelligent queue scheduling database, run-time configurable observation sequence software, a data reduction pipeline, and a master state machine which monitors and controls all functions within and affecting the observatory.
dc.descriptionSubmitted to Proceedings of the "Astronomical Data Analysis Software & Systems XV" (C. Gabriel, C. Arviset, D. Ponz and E. Solano, eds.). 4 pages, 3 figures. Macro adassconf.sty included
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511842
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511842
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/103045
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleAutonomous Observing and Control Systems for PAIRITEL, a 1.3m Infrared Imaging Telescope
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