Observation scheduling tools for Subaru Telescope

Toshiyuki Sasaki; George Kosugi; Robert Hawkins; Jun A. Kawai; Toyoaki Kusumoto

doi:10.1117/12.550756

16 September 2004 Observation scheduling tools for Subaru Telescope

Toshiyuki Sasaki, George Kosugi, Robert Hawkins, Jun A. Kawai, Toyoaki Kusumoto

Proceedings Volume 5493, Optimizing Scientific Return for Astronomy through Information Technologies; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550756
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

Optimization of observation sequences is a function necessary to get high efficiency and reliability of observations. We have implemented scheduling software in the Subaru Telescope observatory software system. The scheduling engine, Spike, developed at STScI is used with some modification for Subaru Telescope. Since the last report at SPIE (Munich, 2000), new functions to Spike are implemented on 1) optimized arrangement of an observation dataset, which consists of a target object and related calibrations, and 2) flexible scheduling of standard stars selected out of a standard star list, which is fed to Spike as a part of observation datasets. Observation datasets with some necessary information, prepared by an observer, are input to the scheduling tools to be converted to Spike Lisp input forms. A schedule created by Spike is inversely converted to Subaru observation commands to be executed with the observation control system. These applications are operable with Web-based display. We present an overall structure of the scheduling tools with some samples of Subaru observation commands of target datasets and a resultant schedule.

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Toshiyuki Sasaki, George Kosugi, Robert Hawkins, Jun A. Kawai, and Toyoaki Kusumoto "Observation scheduling tools for Subaru Telescope", Proc. SPIE 5493, Optimizing Scientific Return for Astronomy through Information Technologies, (16 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550756

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