A control system of a mini survey facility for photometric monitoring

Hironori Tsutsui; Kenshi Yanagisawa; Hideyuki Izumiura; Yasuhiro Shimizu; Takumi Hanaue; Yoshifusa Ita; Takashi Ichikawa; Takahiro Komiyama

doi:10.1117/12.2233534

8 August 2016 A control system of a mini survey facility for photometric monitoring

Hironori Tsutsui, Kenshi Yanagisawa, Hideyuki Izumiura, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Takumi Hanaue, Yoshifusa Ita, Takashi Ichikawa, Takahiro Komiyama

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Proceedings Volume 9906, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VI; 990663 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233534
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

We have built a control system for a mini survey facility dedicated to photometric monitoring of nearby bright (K<5) stars in the near-infrared region. The facility comprises a 4-m-diameter rotating dome and a small (30-mm aperture) wide-field (5 × 5 sq. deg. field of view) infrared (1.0–2.5 microns) camera on an equatorial fork mount, as well as power sources and other associated equipment. All the components other than the camera are controlled by microcomputerbased I/O boards that were developed in-house and are in many of the open-use instruments in our observatory. We present the specifications and configuration of the facility hardware, as well as the structure of its control software.

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Hironori Tsutsui, Kenshi Yanagisawa, Hideyuki Izumiura, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Takumi Hanaue, Yoshifusa Ita, Takashi Ichikawa, and Takahiro Komiyama "A control system of a mini survey facility for photometric monitoring", Proc. SPIE 9906, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VI, 990663 (8 August 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233534

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