The WINTER robotic software system: autonomous control and scheduling for a time-domain astronomy telescope

Nathan P. Lourie; John W. Baker; Kevin Burdge; Richard S. Burruss; Kishalay De; Gabor D. Furesz; Danielle Frostig; Erik Hinrichsen; Jill Juneau; Viraj R. Karambelkar; Mansi M. Kasliwal; Andrew Malonis; Robert A. Simcoe; Robert D. Stein; Jeffry Zolkower

doi:10.1117/12.3020525

26 July 2024 The WINTER robotic software system: autonomous control and scheduling for a time-domain astronomy telescope

Nathan P. Lourie, John W. Baker, Kevin Burdge, Richard S. Burruss, Kishalay De, Gabor D. Furesz, Danielle Frostig, Erik Hinrichsen, Jill Juneau, Viraj R. Karambelkar, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Andrew Malonis, Robert A. Simcoe, Robert D. Stein, Jeffry Zolkower

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Proceedings Volume 13101, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VIII; 131011B (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020525
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

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The Wide-Field Infrared Transient Explorer (WINTER) is a new fully robotic infrared time-domain survey instrument at the Palomar Observatory, commissioned in June 2023. WINTER is performing a seeing-limited time domain survey of the infrared (IR) sky to detect, discover, and characterize astrophysical time-domain phenomena. As a dedicated observatory for real-time detection and rapid follow-up of infrared transient and variable targets, WINTER represents a new capability for multi-messenger astrophysics. We will describe the robotic software architecture of the WINTER Supervisor Program (WSP) which handles autonomous scheduling of both surveys and target-of-opportunity interrupts, as well as control and remote monitoring of the observatory, telescope, and cameras.

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Nathan P. Lourie, John W. Baker, Kevin Burdge, Richard S. Burruss, Kishalay De, Gabor D. Furesz, Danielle Frostig, Erik Hinrichsen, Jill Juneau, Viraj R. Karambelkar, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Andrew Malonis, Robert A. Simcoe, Robert D. Stein, and Jeffry Zolkower "The WINTER robotic software system: autonomous control and scheduling for a time-domain astronomy telescope", Proc. SPIE 13101, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VIII, 131011B (26 July 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020525

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