Dr. Chris Smith Profile

Dr. Chris Smith

Astronomer at National Optical Astronomy Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

Dark energy camera installation at CTIO: overview

Andrés Montane, Brooke Gregory, German Schumacher, Nicole van der Bliek, Timothy Abbott, Chris Smith, Alistair Walker, Patricio Schurter, Roberto Tighe, Freddy Muñoz

Proceedings Volume 8444, 844445 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925692

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Imaging systems, Safety, Observatories, Cameras, Nitrogen, Cryogenics, Space telescopes, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 6 August 2010 Paper

Improving the Blanco Telescope's delivered image quality

Roberto Tighe, Brooke Gregory, Alfonso Cisternas, Timothy M. Abbott, R. Christopher Smith, Alistair Walker, Andrés Montane

Proceedings Volume 7733, 773345 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857389

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Space telescopes, Monochromatic aberrations, Image quality, Control systems, Active optics, Epoxies, Cameras, Glasses

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

Transient alert operations for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

Robert Seaman, Jeffrey Kantor, R. Christopher Smith, Timothy Axelrod

Proceedings Volume 7737, 77370V (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858322

KEYWORDS: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Observatories, Astronomy, Solar system, Image processing, Cameras, Data centers, Telescopes, Databases, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

Calibration of the LSST instrumental and atmospheric photometric passbands

T. Axelrod, Alexia Gorecki, R. Christopher Smith, Aurélien Barrau, Zeljko Ivezic, Sylvain Baumont, Victor Krabbendam, Allyn Smith, Stéphane Blondin, Christopher Stubbs, Christophe Vescovi, Abhijit Saha, Charles Claver, Ming Liang, LSST Project Team, Lynne Jones, David Burke

Proceedings Volume 7737, 77371D (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857236

KEYWORDS: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Calibration, Stars, Telescopes, Cameras, Atmospheric modeling, Clouds, Atmospheric optics, Surface conduction electron emitter displays, Infrared cameras

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

SMARTS revealed

R. Christopher Smith, Charles Bailyn, John Subasavage, Frederick Walter, Todd Henry, Michelle Buxton

Proceedings Volume 7737, 77371C (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.859145

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Astronomy, Observatories, Astronomical telescopes, Spectrographs, Stars, Imaging systems, Charge-coupled devices, Space telescopes, Large telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2010 Paper

Status of the dark energy survey camera (DECam) project

David Gerdes, Peter Doel, Rafe Schindler, Laia Cardiel-Sas, Edward Chi, Marco Bonati, Wyatt Merritt, Michelle Antonik, Gale Bremer, G. Gutierrez, Gregory Derylo, Stephen Kuhlmann, Dave Huffman, Javier Castilla, Aaron Roodman, Steve Kent, Sue Worswick, Anne Elliott, Steve Holland, Brian Nord, Jamieson Olsen, Jim Annis, Francisco Castander, Jim Bailey, Richard Schmitt, Jorge Briones, E. Sanchez, H. Thomas Diehl, Ofer Lahav, Donna Kubik, Natalie Roe, Greg Tarle, Ricardo Schmidt, Brenna Flaugher, Daekwang Kau, Otger Ballester, Darren DePoy, Kevin Kuk, Herman Cease, Hal Spinka, Rebecca Bernstein, Todd Moore, David Finley, Andy Stefanik, Luis da Costa, Cheryl Jackson, Doug Tucker, Ramon Miquel, Vaidis Simaitis, Elizabeth Buckley-Geer, Gustavo Martínez, Joseph Bernstein, Rick Talaga, R. Ogando, Jon Thaler, Allen Zhao, Kurt Krempetz, Adam Sypniewski, Enrique Gaztanaga, Jim Grudzinski, V. Guarino, Jim Morgan, Kyler Kuehn, Terri Shaw, S. Serrano, Timothy M. Abbott, Stuart Marshall, Juan Estrada, Jacob Eiting, Kenneth Schultz, Wolfgang Lorenzon, Peter Lewis, Walter Stuermer, Peter Moore, Jiangang Hao, Juan De Vicente, Mark Meyer, Julia Campa, Alistair Walker, Josh Frieman, Timothy McKay, Bill Hanlon, Mike Schubnell, B. Rossetto, Andreas Plazas, Mike Gladders, Steve Chappa, Klaus Honscheid, Vic Scarpine, John Peoples, David Brooks, Terry Schalk, Inga Karliner, Jean Slaughter, William Wester, Mark Kozlovsky, Huan Lin, R. Christopher Smith, Robert Woods, John Krider, M. Selen, Curtis Weaverdyck

Proceedings Volume 7735, 77350D (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856609

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Telescopes, Imaging systems, CCD cameras, Cameras, Camera shutters, Optical filters, Lenses, Mirrors, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

High performance astronomical data communications in the LSST data management system

Arun Jagatheeson, Chris Smith, Deborah Levine, Chip Cox, Chris Cribbs, Ron Lambert, Jeff Kantor

Proceedings Volume 7019, 701919 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790194

KEYWORDS: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Data centers, Data archive systems, Astronomy, Data communications, Cameras, Telescopes, Lanthanum, Imaging systems, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 30 June 2006 Paper

Cyber-infrastructure to support science and data management for the Dark Energy Survey

T. Alam, C. Ngeow, J. Annis, R. Plante, J. Mohr, D. Tucker, G. Daues, C. Beldica, H. Lin, W. Barkhouse, R. Smith, D. Cai

Proceedings Volume 6270, 627023 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671017

KEYWORDS: Data archive systems, Databases, Calibration, Data processing, Image processing, Astronomy, Computing systems, Galactic astronomy, Charge-coupled devices, Galaxy groups and clusters

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Proceedings Article | 29 June 2006 Paper

Calibration techniques for next-generation astronomical systems

J. Masiero, S. Slater, C. Stubbs, R. Smith, J. Tonry

Proceedings Volume 6269, 626921 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670144

KEYWORDS: Optical filters, Distortion, Telescopes, Calibration, Photometry, Quantum efficiency, Astronomy, Photodiodes, Sensors, Error analysis

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Proceedings Article | 24 December 2002 Paper

Real-time time-variability analysis of GB to TB datasets: experience from SuperMacho and Supernova projects at NOAO/CTIO

Armin Rest, Andrew Becker, Chris Smith, Christopher Stubbs, Francisco Valdes, Nicholas Suntzeff, Rafael Hiriart

Proceedings Volume 4836, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461391

KEYWORDS: Astronomy, Databases, Telescopes, Image processing, Stars, Point spread functions, Space telescopes, Data processing, Data acquisition, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 2 January 2002 Paper

NOAO data products program

Todd Boroson, Richard Shaw, R. Smith

Proceedings Volume 4844, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460758

KEYWORDS: Data archive systems, Astronomy, Telescopes, Data storage, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Data processing, Data modeling, Observatories, Calibration, Mining

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Proceedings Article | 2 January 2002 Paper

Operation planning for the large-aperture Synoptic Survey Telescope

Abhijit Saha, Todd Boroson, Chris Smith

Proceedings Volume 4844, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460598

KEYWORDS: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Asteroids, Fourier transforms, Gamma radiation, Signal detection, Device simulation, Lanthanum, Astatine

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Proceedings Article | 15 May 2000 Paper

CCD detector performance for NOAO's wide-field MOSAIC cameras

Taft Armandroff, Roger Smith, Abhijit Saha, Travis Rector, Morley Blouke, Chris Smith, Richard Reed, Thomas Wolfe, Alistair Walker, Robert Schommer

Proceedings Volume 3965, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.385427

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Telescopes, Cameras, Imaging systems, Astronomy, CCD cameras, Observatories, Quantum efficiency, Sensors, Astronomical imaging

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Conference Committee Involvement (1)

Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems III

30 June 2010 | San Diego, California, United States

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