Dr. Ian Egan Profile

Dr. Ian Egan

at UK Astronomy Technology Ctr

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Publications (9)

Proceedings Article | 25 July 2008 Paper

Precision radial velocity spectrograph

Andy Vick, John Rayner, Derek Ives, Larry Ramsey, Phil Rees, David Lunney, David Montgomery, Ian Egan, Hugh R. A. Jones, Bill Dent, Chris Tinney, Mike Liu, David Henry, Adrian Webster

Proceedings Volume 7014, 70140Y (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789807

KEYWORDS: Stars, Spectrographs, Planets, Telescopes, Calibration, Exoplanets, Mirrors, Infrared radiation, Sensors, CCD cameras

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Proceedings Article | 29 June 2006 Paper

ELT instrument concepts: impact on telescope and adaptive optics design

Colin Cunningham, Marcus Kasper, William Dent, Roland Bacon, Michael Redfern, Gil Moretto, Andreas Quirrenbach, Florian Kerber, Pascal Jagourel, Oliver Ryan, Iciar Montilla, Mel Strachan, Luca Pasquini, Norbert Hubin, Rainer Lenzen, Sandro D'Odorico, Simon Morris, Ian Egan, Francois Hammer, Chris Evans, Christophe Verinaud, Bernhard Brandl, Gavin Dalton, Eric Prieto, Jean-Gabriel Cuby, Eli Atad-Ettadgui

Proceedings Volume 6269, 62691R (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671274

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Imaging spectroscopy, Spectroscopy, Imaging systems, Mirrors, Planets, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 23 June 2006 Paper

VISTA: project status

Jim Emerson, Alistair McPherson, Malcolm Stewart, Andrew Born, Paul Jeffers, Will Sutherland, Kim Ward, Bryan Little, John Murray

Proceedings Volume 6267, 626707 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671352

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Cameras, Mirrors, Infrared cameras, Sensors, Coating, Manufacturing, Infrared telescopes, Control systems, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 22 June 2006 Paper

Systems engineering in practice: can rigour and creativity co-exist?

Ian Egan, Philip Rees, Hermine Schnetler

Proceedings Volume 6271, 62710G (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670234

KEYWORDS: Systems engineering, Systems modeling, 3D modeling, 3D image processing, Software development, Astronomy, Process engineering, Control systems, Optical instrument design, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 2 May 2005 Paper

M1 and M2 mirrors manufacturing for VISTA telescope

Yury Sharov, Eli Atad-Ettedgui, Magomed Abdulkadyrov, Ian Egan, Alexandr Ignatov, Simon Craig, Andrey Polyanchikov, Alexandr Semenov, Vitaliy Pridnya, Vladimir Patrikeev, Richard Bennet

Proceedings Volume 10315, 103150Z (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.605955

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Manufacturing, Telescopes, Infrared telescopes, Visible radiation, Infrared astronomy, Infrared radiation, Astronomical telescopes, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2004 Paper

M1 and M2 mirrors manufacturing for VISTA telescope

Alexandr Semenov, Andrey Polyanchikov, Alexandr Ignatov, Vitaliy Pridnya, Eli Atad-Ettedgui, Yury Sharov, Richard Bennett, Ian Egan, Magomed Abdulkadyrov, Vladimir Patrikeev, Simon Craig

Proceedings Volume 5494, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.553006

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Manufacturing, Telescopes, Wavefronts, Optical spheres, Optics manufacturing, Infrared telescopes, Surface finishing, Tolerancing, Optical testing

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 2004 Paper

Systems engineering: application to VISTA design

Ian Egan, Andrew Born

Proceedings Volume 5497, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551220

KEYWORDS: Systems engineering, Manufacturing, Astronomy, Telescopes, Interfaces, Matrices, Design for manufacturability, Image quality, Control systems, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 4 February 2003 Paper

From 250 to 90 tons: systems engineering in the VISTA conceptual design development

Mark Casali, Richard Bennett, Will Sutherland, Brian Stobie, Ian Egan, Eli Atad-Ettedgui, Simon Craig, Stefano Stanghellini

Proceedings Volume 4837, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458233

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Cameras, Infrared cameras, Systems engineering, Mirrors, Image quality, Infrared imaging, Infrared telescopes, Control systems, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 24 December 2002 Paper

Vista IR camera: conceptual design

Ken Laidlaw, Simon Craig, Eli Atad-Ettedgui, Peter Hastings, Mark Casali, Malcom Stewart, John Murray, Will Sutherland, David Henry, Ian Egan, Maureen Ellis

Proceedings Volume 4836, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458116

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Infrared cameras, Cameras, Telescopes, Mirrors, Infrared telescopes, Wavefront sensors, Infrared sensors, Astronomy, Cryogenics

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