Dr. Nicholas A. Walton Profile

Dr. Nicholas A. Walton

at Institute of Astronomy

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Publications (27)

Proceedings Article | 19 July 2024 Presentation

Presentation

4MOST: the 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope Project at the start of commissioning

Roelof de Jong, Olga Bellido-Tirado, Joar Brynnel, Aida Ezzati Amini, Steffen Frey, Christine Füßlein, Domenico Giannone, Diana Johl, Silke Kuba, Ulrike Lemke, Genoveva Micheva, Allar Saviauk, Matthias Steinmetz, Jakob Walcher, Roland Winkler, Karin Lind, Jonathan Loveday, Vincenzo Mainieri, Jean-François Pirard, Wolfgang Gaessler, Florence Laurent, Andrea Merloni, Ramón Navarro, Alban Remillieux, Florian Rothmaier, Scott Smedley, Nicholas Walton

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130960J (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018339

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

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4MOST: the 4-metre multi-object spectroscopic telescope project in the assembly, integration, and test phase

Roelof de Jong, Olga Bellido-Tirado, Joar Brynnel, Aida Ezzati Amini, Steffen Frey, Christine Füßlein, Miklos Gäbler, Domenico Giannone, Diana Johl, Silke Kuba, Ulrike Lemke, Genoveva Micheva, Allar Saviauk, Matthias Steinmetz, Jakob Walcher, Roland Winkler, Karin Lind, Jonathan Loveday, Sofia Feltzing, Richard McMahon, Vincenzo Mainieri, Jean-François Pirard, Thomas Bensby, Maria Bergemann, Cristina Chiappini, Norbert Christlieb, Maria-Rosa Cioni, Johan Comparat, Simon Driver, Isobel Hook, Mike Irwin, Jean-Paul Kneib, Jochen Liske, Andrea Merloni, Ivan Minchev, Johan Richard, Else Starkenburg, Mark Sullivan, Clare Worley, Wolfgang Gaessler, Florance Laurent, Johan Pragt, Alban Remillieux, Florian Rothmaier, Scott Smedley, Ingo Stilz, Nicholas Walton, David Alexander, Ross Church, Scott Croom, Luke Davies, Caroline Heneka, Nikolay Kacharov, Jörg Knoche, Georges Kordopatis, Mirko Krumpe, Sarah Martell, Peder Norberg, Ingrid Pelisoli, Sanjib Sharma, Jesper Storm, Elmo Tempel

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218414 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628965

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Stars, Control systems, Metrology, Cameras, Spectroscopy, Galactic astronomy, Galaxy evolution, Active galactic nuclei

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Proceedings Article | 25 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

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Rehearsing the complex data flow of multi-object spectrograph survey projects

C. C. Worley, N. A. Walton, D. N. A. Murphy, F. Paz-Chinchón, M. J. Irwin, A. Molaeinezhad, A. Gonneau

Proceedings Volume 12187, 1218706 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629253

KEYWORDS: Data archive systems, Telescopes, Data processing, Spectrographs, Software development, Spectroscopy, Interfaces, Testing and analysis, Quality testing methods

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Proceedings Article | 17 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

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Integration and early testing of WEAVE: the next-generation spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope

Gavin Dalton, Scott Trager, Don Carlos Abrams, Piercarlo Bonifacio, J. Alfonso L. Aguerri, Antonella Vallenari, Georgia Bishop, Kevin Middleton, Chris Benn, Kevin Dee, Shan Mignot, Ian Lewis, Johannes Pragt, Sergio Pico, Nicholas Walton, Juerg Rey, Carlos Allende Prieto, Emilie Lhomé, Marc Balcells, David Terrett, Matthew Brock, Andy Ridings, Jure Skvarč, Marc Verheijen, Iain Steele, Remko Stuik, Gabby Kroes, Neils Tromp, Jan Kragt, Dirk Lesman, Chris Mottram, Stuart Bates, Frank Gribbin, Jose Alonso Burgal, José Miguel Herreros, José Miguel Delgado, Carlos Martin, Diego Cano, Ramon Navarro, Mike Irwin, Luis Peralta de Arriba, Neil O'Mahoney, Andrea Bianco, Alireza Moleinezhad, Rik ter Horst, Emilio Molinari, Marcello Lodi, José Guerra, Andrea Baruffalo, Esperanza Carrasco, Szigfrid Farcas, Ellen Schallig, Sarah Hughes, Vanessa Hill, Dan Smith, Janet Drew, Bianca Poggianti, Angela Iovino, Mat Pieri, Shoko Jin, Lillian Dominguez Palmero, Cecilia Fariña, Adrian Martín, Clare Worley, David Murphy, Steve Guest, Huw Morris, Eddy Elswijk, Menno de Haan, Hiddo Hanenburg, Bernardo Salasnich, Divakara Mayya, Rafael Izazaga-Pérez, Emanuel Gafton, Elisabetta Caffau, David Horville, Francisco Paz Chinchón, Jesus Falcon-Barosso, Boris Gänsicke, Jose San Juan, Nauzet Hernandez

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144714 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561067

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectroscopy, Observatories, Device simulation, Data processing, Molybdenum, Spectrographs, Image resolution, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation

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4MOST: the 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope project status: instrument manufacturing and integration, operations development, and survey planning

Roelof de Jong, Samual Barden, Olga Bellido-Tirado, Joar Brynnel, Isabella Cesarini, Steffen Frey, Domenico Giannone, Diana Johl, Andreas Kelz, Genoveva Micheva, Hakan Önel, Matthias Steinmetz, Jakob Walcher, Roland Winkler, Sofia Feltzing, Vincenzo Mainieri, Richard McMahon, Amina Helmi, Mike Irwin, Norbert Christlieb, Cristina Chiappini, Ivan Minchev, Else Starkenburg, Thomas Bensby, Maria Bergemann, Johan Comparat, Andrea Merloni, Simon Driver, Jochen Liske, Jean-Paul Kneib, Johan Richard, Maria-Rosa Cioni, Mark Sullivan, Scott Smedley, Alban Remilleux, Florian Rothmaier, Jean-François Pirard, Ingo Stilz, Johan Pragt, Wolfgang Gaessler, Clare Worley, Man Lam, Jörg Knoche, Nicholas Walton

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144719 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561036

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopes, Telescopes, Astronomical imaging, Manufacturing, Astronomical telescopes, Infrared telescopes, Spectrographs, Visible radiation, Infrared astronomy, Infrared spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 23 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

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Construction progress of WEAVE: the next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope

Gavin Dalton, Scott Trager, Don Carlos Abrams, Piercarlo Bonifacio, J. Alfonso Aguerri, Antonella Vallenari, Kevin Middleton, Chris Benn, Kevin Dee, Frédéric Sayède, Ian Lewis, Johannes Pragt, Sergio Picó, Nicholas Walton, Jeurg Rey, Carlos Allende, Émilie Lhomé, David Terrett, Matthew Brock, James Gilbert, Andy Ridings, Marc Verheijen, Ian Tosh, Iain Steele, Remko Stuik, Gabby Kroes, Neils Tromp, Jan Kragt, Dirk Lesman, Chris Mottram, Stuart Bates, Frank Gribbin, José Alonso Burgal, Jose Miguel Herreros, Jose Miguel Delgado, Carlos Martin, Diego Cano, Ramón Navarro, Mike Irwin, James Lewis, Eduardo Gonzales Solares, Neil O'Mahony, Andrea Bianco, Christina Zurita, Rik ter Horst, Emilio Molinari, Marcello Lodi, José Guerra, Andrea Baruffolo, Esperanza Carrasco, Szigfrid Farkas, Ellen Schallig, Vanessa Hill, Dan Smith, Janet Drew, Bianca Poggianti, Mat Pieri, Shoko Jin, Lilian Dominquez Palmero, Cecilia Fariña, Adrian Martin, Clare Worley, David Murphy, Andrea Hidalgo, Shan Mignot, Georgia Bishop, Steve Guest, Eddy Elswijk, Menno de Haan, Hiddo Hanenburg, Bernardo Salasnich, Divakara Mayya, Rafael Izazaga-Pérez, Luis Peralta de Arriba

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107021B (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312031

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectroscopy, Cameras, Chemical elements, Robots, Spectrographs, Polishing, Coating, Optical fibers

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Presentation

Presentation

4MOST: the 4-metre multi-object spectroscopic telescope project at final design review (Conference Presentation)

Roelof de Jong, Samuel Barden, Olga Bellido-Tirado, Joar Brynnel, Steffen Frey, Domenico Giannone, Roger Haynes, Diana Johl, Olivier Schnurr, Jakob Walcher, Roland Winkler, Sofia Feltzing, Richard McMahon, Vincenzo Mainieri, Gabriella Baker, Patrick Caillier, Wolfgang Gaessler, Holger Mandel, Jean-François Pirard, Johan Pragt, Nicholas Walton, Thomas Bensby, Maria Bergemann, Cristina Chiappini, Norbert Christleib, Maria-Rosa Cioni, Simon Driver, Alexis Finoguenov, Amina Helmi, Mike Irwin, Jean-Paul Kneib, Jochen Liske, Andrea Merloni, Ivan Minchev, Bob Nichol, Johan Richard, Else Starkenburg, Manda Banerji, Thomas Boller, Georges Kordopatis, Mirko Krumpe, Karin Lind, Sarah Martell, Elmo Tempel, Scott Croom, Luke Davies, Morgan Fouesneau

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107021D (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312012

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Telescopes, Spectroscopy, Optical instrument design, Device simulation, Astronomical imaging, Observatories, Computer simulations, Optical fibers

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We present an overview and status update of the 4MOST project at the Final Design Review. 4MOST is a major new wide-field, high-multiplex spectroscopic survey facility under development for the VISTA telescope at the Paranal Observatory of ESO. Starting in 2022, 4MOST will deploy 2436 optical fibres in a 4.1 square degree field-of-view using a fibre positioner based on the tilting spine principle. The fibres will feed one high-resolution (R~20,000) and two low-resolution (R~5000) spectrographs that all have fixed configuration, 3-channel designs with identical 6k x 6k CCD detectors. Updated performance estimates will be presented based on components already manufactured and pre-production prototypes of critical subsystems. The 4MOST science goals are mostly driven by a number of large area, space-based observatories of prime European interest: Gaia and PLATO (Galactic Archeology and Stellar Physics), eROSITA (High-Energy Sky), and Euclid (Cosmology and Galaxy Evolution). Science cases based on these observatories, along with wide-area ground-based facilities such as LSST, VISTA and VST drive the ten Consortium Surveys covering a large fraction of the Southern sky, with bright time mostly devoted to the Milky Way disk and bulge areas and the Magellanic Clouds, and the dark/gray time largely devoted to extra-galactic targets. In addition there will be a significant fraction of the fibre-hours devoted to Community Surveys, making 4MOST a true general-purpose survey facility, capable of delivering spectra of samples of objects that are spread over a large fraction of the sky. The 4MOST Facility Simulator was created to show the feasibility of the innovative operations scheme of 4MOST with all surveys operating in parallel. The simulator uses the mock catalogues created by the science teams, simulates the spectral throughput and detection of the objects, assigns the fibres at each telescope pointing, creates pointing distributions across the sky and simulates a 5-year survey (including overhead, calibration and weather losses), and finally does data quality analyses and computes the science Figure-of-Merits to assess the quality of science produced. The simulations prove the full feasibility of running different surveys in parallel.

Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

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4MOST: the 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope project at preliminary design review

Roelof de Jong, Samuel Barden, Olga Bellido-Tirado, Joar Brynnel, Steffen Frey, Domenico Giannone, Roger Haynes, Diana Johl, Daniel Phillips, Olivier Schnurr, Jakob Walcher, Roland Winkler, Wolfgang Ansorge, Sofia Feltzing, Richard McMahon, Gabriella Baker, Patrick Caillier, Tom Dwelly, Wolfgang Gaessler, Olaf Iwert, Holger Mandel, Nikolai Piskunov, Johan Pragt, Nicholas Walton, Thomas Bensby, Maria Bergemann, Cristina Chiappini, Norbert Christlieb, Maria-Rosa Cioni, Simon Driver, Alexis Finoguenov, Amina Helmi, Michael Irwin, Francisco-Shu Kitaura, Jean-Paul Kneib, Jochen Liske, Andrea Merloni, Ivan Minchev, Johan Richard, Else Starkenburg

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99081O (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232832

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectroscopy, Spectrographs, Stars, Galactic astronomy, Calibration, Lawrencium, Spine, Cameras, Metrology

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2016 Paper

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Final design and progress of WEAVE: the next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope

Gavin Dalton, Scott Trager, Don Carlos Abrams, Piercarlo Bonifacio, J. Alfonso Aguerri, Kevin Middleton, Chris Benn, Kevin Dee, Frédéric Sayède, Ian Lewis, Johannes Pragt, Sergio Pico, Nic Walton, Jeurg Rey, Carlos Allende Prieto, José Peñate, Emilie Lhome, Tibor Agócs, José Alonso, David Terrett, Matthew Brock, James Gilbert, Ellen Schallig, Andy Ridings, Isabelle Guinouard, Marc Verheijen, Ian Tosh, Kevin Rogers, Martin Lee, Iain Steele, Remko Stuik, Niels Tromp, Attila Jaskó, Esperanza Carrasco, Szigfrid Farcas, Jan Kragt, Dirk Lesman, Gabby Kroes, Chris Mottram, Stuart Bates, Luis Fernando Rodriguez, Frank Gribbin, José Miguel Delgado, José Miguel Herreros, Carlos Martin, Diego Cano, Ramon Navarro, Mike Irwin, Jim Lewis, Eduardo Gonzalez Solares, David Murphy, Clare Worley, Richard Bassom, Neil O'Mahoney, Andrea Bianco, Christina Zurita, Rik ter Horst, Emilio Molinari, Marcello Lodi, José Guerra, Adrian Martin, Antonella Vallenari, Bernardo Salasnich, Andrea Baruffolo, Shoko Jin, Vanessa Hill, Dan Smith, Janet Drew, Bianca Poggianti, Mat Pieri, Lillian Dominquez Palmero, Cecilia Farina

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99081G (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231078

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Optical instrument design, Optics manufacturing, Spectrographs, Manufacturing, Molybdenum, Stars, Structured optical fibers

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Proceedings Article | 19 July 2016 Paper

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4MOST: science operations for a large spectroscopic survey program with multiple science cases executed in parallel

C. Jakob Walcher, Roelof de Jong, Tom Dwelly, Olga Bellido, Thomas Boller, Cristina Chiappini, Sofia Feltzing, Mike Irwin, Richard McMahon, Andrea Merloni, Olivier Schnurr, Nicholas Walton

Proceedings Volume 9910, 99101N (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233187

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Telescopes, Process control, Calibration, Astronomy, Control systems, Telecommunications, Transparent conductors, Particle swarm optimization, Information technology

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

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The 4MOST instrument concept overview

Roger Haynes, Samuel Barden, Roelof de Jong, Olivier Schnurr, Olga Bellido, Jakob Walcher, Dionne Haynes, Roland Winkler, Svend-Marian Bauer, Frank Dionies, Allar Saviauk, Cristina Chiappini, Axel Schwope, Joar Brynnel, Matthias Steinmetz, Richard McMahon, Sofia Feltzing, Patrick Francois, Scott Trager, Ian Parry, Mike Irwin, Nicholas Walton, David King, David Sun, Eduaro Gonzalez-Solares, Ian Tosh, Gavin Dalton, Kevin Middleton, Piercarlo Bonifacio, Pascal Jagourel, Shan Mignot, Mathieu Cohen, Jean-Philippe Amans, Frederic Royer, Paola Sartoretti, Johan Pragt, Gerrit Gerlofsma, Ronald Roelfsema, Ramon Navarro, Guido Thimm, Walter Seifert, Norbert Christlieb, Holger Mandel, Trifon Trifonov, Wenli Xu, Florian Lang-Bardl, Bernard Muschielok, Jörg Schlichter, Hans-Joachim Hess, Frank Grupp, Hans Boehringer, Thomas Boller, Tom Dwelly, Ralf Bender, Piero Rosati, Olaf Iwert, Gert Finger, Jean-Louis Lizon L'Allemand, Will Saunders, Andrew Sheinis, Gabriella Frost, Tony Farrell, Lewis Waller, Eric Depagne, Florence Laurent, Patrick Caillier, Johan Kosmalski, Johan Richard, Roland Bacon, Wolfgang Ansorge

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91476I (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057253

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Telescopes, Sensors, Calibration, Spectrographs, Metrology, Neodymium, Ions, Optical instrument design, Optical design

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

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4MOST: 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope

Roelof de Jong, Sam Barden, Olga Bellido-Tirado, Joar Brynnel, Cristina Chiappini, Éric Depagne, Roger Haynes, Diana Johl, Daniel Phillips, Olivier Schnurr, Axel Schwope, Jakob Walcher, Svend Bauer, Gabriele Cescutti, Maria-Rosa Cioni, Frank Dionies, Harry Enke, Dionne Haynes, Andreas Kelz, Francisco Kitaura, Georg Lamer, Ivan Minchev, Volker Müller, Sebastián Nuza, Jean-Christophe Olaya, Tilmann Piffl, Emil Popow, Allar Saviauk, Matthias Steinmetz, Uğur Ural, Monica Valentini, Roland Winkler, Lutz Wisotzki, Wolfgang Ansorge, Manda Banerji, Eduardo Gonzalez Solares, Mike Irwin, Robert Kennicutt, David King, Richard McMahon, Sergey Koposov, Ian Parry, Xiaowei Sun, Nicholas Walton, Gert Finger, Olaf Iwert, Mirko Krumpe, Jean-Louis Lizon, Vincenzo Mainieri, Jean-Philippe Amans, Piercarlo Bonifacio, Matthieu Cohen, Patrick François, Pascal Jagourel, Shan Mignot, Frédéric Royer, Paola Sartoretti, Ralf Bender, Hans-Joachim Hess, Florian Lang-Bardl, Bernard Muschielok, Jörg Schlichter, Hans Böhringer, Thomas Boller, Angela Bongiorno, Marcella Brusa, Tom Dwelly, Andrea Merloni, Kirpal Nandra, Mara Salvato, Johannes Pragt, Ramón Navarro, Gerrit Gerlofsma, Ronald Roelfsema, Gavin Dalton, Kevin Middleton, Ian Tosh, Corrado Boeche, Elisabetta Caffau, Norbert Christlieb, Eva Grebel, Camilla Hansen, Andreas Koch, Hans-G. Ludwig, Holger Mandel, Andreas Quirrenbach, Luca Sbordone, Walter Seifert, Guido Thimm, Amina Helmi, Scott trager, Thomas Bensby, Sofia Feltzing, Gregory Ruchti, Bengt Edvardsson, Andreas Korn, Karin Lind, Wilfried Boland, Matthew Colless, Gabriella Frost, James Gilbert, Peter Gillingham, Jon Lawrence, Neville Legg, Will Saunders, Andrew Sheinis, Simon Driver, Aaron Robotham, Roland Bacon, Patrick Caillier, Johan Kosmalski, Florence Laurent, Johan Richard

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91470M (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055826

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Telescopes, Stars, Spine, Spectroscopy, Spectroscopes, X-rays, Observatories, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2014 Paper

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WEAVE core processing system

Nicholas Walton, Mike Irwin, James Lewis, Eduardo Gonzalez-Solares, Gavin Dalton, Scott Trager, J. Alfonso Aguerri, Carlos Allende Prieto, Chris Benn, Don Carlos Abrams, Sergio Picó, Kevin Middleton, Marcello Lodi, Piercarlo Bonifacio

Proceedings Volume 9152, 91520R (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055457

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Data archive systems, Astronomical imaging, Stars, Observatories, Spectrographs, Telescopes, Data processing, Molybdenum, Spectroscopes

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Proceedings Article | 8 July 2014 Paper

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Project overview and update on WEAVE: the next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope

Gavin Dalton, Scott Trager, Don Carlos Abrams, Piercarlo Bonifacio, J. Alfonso López Aguerri, Kevin Middleton, Chris Benn, Kevin Dee, Frédéric Sayède, Ian Lewis, Johan Pragt, Sergio Pico, Nic Walton, Juerg Rey, Carlos Allende Prieto, José Peñate, Emilie Lhome, Tibor Agócs, José Alonso, David Terrett, Matthew Brock, James Gilbert, Andy Ridings, Isabelle Guinouard, Mark Verheijen, Ian Tosh, Kevin Rogers, Iain Steele, Remko Stuik, Neils Tromp, Attila Jasko, Jan Kragt, Dirk Lesman, Chris Mottram, Stuart Bates, Frank Gribbin, Luis Fernando Rodriguez, José Delgado, Carlos Martin, Diego Cano, Ramón Navarro, Mike Irwin, Jim Lewis, Eduardo Gonzalez Solares, Neil O'Mahony, Andrea Bianco, Christina Zurita, Rik ter Horst, Emilio Molinari, Marcello Lodi, José Guerra, Antonella Vallenari, Andrea Baruffolo

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91470L (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055132

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Space telescopes, Cameras, Stars, Spectroscopy, Molybdenum, Imaging systems, Galactic astronomy, Optics manufacturing

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2012 Paper

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4MOST: 4-metre multi-object spectroscopic telescope

Roelof de Jong, Olga Bellido-Tirado, Cristina Chiappini, Éric Depagne, Roger Haynes, Diana Johl, Olivier Schnurr, Axel Schwope, Jakob Walcher, Frank Dionies, Dionne Haynes, Andreas Kelz, Francisco Kitaura, Georg Lamer, Ivan Minchev, Volker Müller, Sebastián Nuza, Jean-Christophe Olaya, Tilmann Piffl, Emil Popow, Matthias Steinmetz, Ugur Ural, Mary Williams, Roland Winkler, Lutz Wisotzki, Wolfgang Ansorge, Manda Banerji, Eduardo Gonzalez Solares, Mike Irwin, Robert Kennicutt, Dave King, Richard McMahon, Sergey Koposov, Ian Parry, David Sun, Nicholas Walton, Gert Finger, Olaf Iwert, Mirko Krumpe, Jean-Louis Lizon, Mainieri Vincenzo, Jean-Philippe Amans, Piercarlo Bonifacio, Mathieu Cohen, Patrick Francois, Pascal Jagourel, Shan Mignot, Frédéric Royer, Paola Sartoretti, Ralf Bender, Frank Grupp, Hans-Joachim Hess, Florian Lang-Bardl, Bernard Muschielok, Hans Böhringer, Thomas Boller, Angela Bongiorno, Marcella Brusa, Tom Dwelly, Andrea Merloni, Kirpal Nandra, Mara Salvato, Johannes Pragt, Ramón Navarro, Gerrit Gerlofsma, Ronald Roelfsema, Gavin Dalton, Kevin Middleton, Ian Tosh, Corrado Boeche, Elisabetta Caffau, Norbert Christlieb, Eva Grebel, Camilla Hansen, Andreas Koch, Hans-G. Ludwig, Andreas Quirrenbach, Luca Sbordone, Walter Seifert, Guido Thimm, Trifon Trifonov, Amina Helmi, Scott Trager, Sofia Feltzing, Andreas Korn, Wilfried Boland

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84460T (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926239

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Stars, Space telescopes, Calibration, Actuators, Optical instrument design, Spectral resolution, Spectroscopy, Galactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

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WEAVE: the next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope

Gavin Dalton, Scott Trager, Don Carlos Abrams, David Carter, Piercarlo Bonifacio, J. Alfonso L. Aguerri, Mike MacIntosh, Chris Evans, Ian Lewis, Ramon Navarro, Tibor Agocs, Kevin Dee, Sophie Rousset, Ian Tosh, Kevin Middleton, Johannes Pragt, David Terrett, Matthew Brock, Chris Benn, Marc Verheijen, Diego Cano Infantes, Craige Bevil, Iain Steele, Chris Mottram, Stuart Bates, Francis J. Gribbin, Jürg Rey, Luis Fernando Rodriguez, Jose Miguel Delgado, Isabelle Guinouard, Nic Walton, Michael Irwin, Pascal Jagourel, Remko Stuik, Gerrit Gerlofsma, Ronald Roelfsma, Ian Skillen, Andy Ridings, Marc Balcells, Jean-Baptiste Daban, Carole Gouvret, Lars Venema, Paul Girard

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84460P (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925950

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Cameras, Space telescopes, Molybdenum, Spectrographs, Galactic astronomy, Stars, Sensors, Spectroscopy, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 21 July 2010 Paper

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Design drivers for a wide-field multi-object spectrograph for the William Herschel Telescope

Marc Balcells, Chris Benn, David Carter, Gavin Dalton, Scott Trager, Sofia Feltzing, Mark A. Verheijen, Matt Jarvis, Will Percival, Don Abrams, Tibor Agocs, Anthony G. Brown, Diego Cano, Chris Evans, Amina Helmi, Ian Lewis, Ross McLure, Reynier Peletier, Ismael Pérez-Fournon, Ray Sharples, Ian A. Tosh, Ignacio Trujillo, Nic Walton, Kyle Westhall

Proceedings Volume 7735, 77357G (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856947

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Telescopes, Molybdenum, Stars, Astronomical imaging, Spectral resolution, Spectroscopy, Cameras, Galaxy evolution

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Proceedings Article | 29 June 2006 Paper

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Gaia Data Flow System (GDFS) project: the UK's contribution to Gaia data processing

Nicholas Walton, Mark Cropper, Gerard Gilmore, Floor van Leeuwen, Mike Irwin, Simon Rosen

Proceedings Volume 6270, 62700Q (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671103

KEYWORDS: Data processing, Stars, Calibration, Charge-coupled devices, Spectroscopy, Galactic astronomy, Standards development, Data modeling, Photometry, Kinematics

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Proceedings Article | 16 December 2004 Paper

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A 3D camera for improved facial recognition

Andrew Lewin, David Orchard, Andrew Scott, Nicholas Walton, Jim Austin

Proceedings Volume 5616, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.580847

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Facial recognition systems, Projection systems, 3D image processing, Sensors, 3D modeling, Databases, Stereoscopic cameras, Data modeling, 3D metrology

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 2004 Paper

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AstroGrid: powering science from multistreamed data

Nicholas Walton, Andrew Lawrence, Anthony Linde

Proceedings Volume 5493, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550906

KEYWORDS: Astronomy, Observatories, Galactic astronomy, Data modeling, Radio astronomy, X-ray astronomy, Astronomical imaging, Radio optics, X-ray optics, Data storage

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 2004 Paper

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The AstroGrid MySpace service

Andrew Davenhall, Catherine Qin, G. Shillan, Keith Noddle, Nicholas Walton

Proceedings Volume 5493, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551445

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Astronomy, Databases, Data archive systems, Web services, Java, Data storage, Telecommunications, Physics, Roads

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Proceedings Article | 16 December 2002 Paper

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Identified usage of the Virtual Observatory: beyond the WWW

Guy Rixon, Nicholas Walton

Proceedings Volume 4846, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459722

KEYWORDS: Data archive systems, Observatories, Astronomy, Data storage, Computing systems, Control systems, Telescopes, Internet, Bone, Computer security

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Proceedings Article | 16 August 2000 Paper

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MOSAIC: a multi-object spectrograph with adaptive image correction

Ray Sharples, Richard Myers, Nicholas Walton

Proceedings Volume 4008, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.395477

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Spectrographs, Stars, Turbulence, Telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Sensors, Astronomical imaging, Rayleigh guide stars, Wavefronts

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Proceedings Article | 29 June 2000 Paper

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Using planetary nebulae as abundance probes of galaxies

Jeremy Walsh, George Jacoby, Reynier Petetier, Nicholas Walton

Proceedings Volume 4005, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.390136

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Stars, Telescopes, Neon, Argon, Spectroscopy, Oxygen, Photometry, Kinematics, Iron

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Proceedings Article | 16 June 2000 Paper

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UltraDAS: the high-performance data acquisition system at the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes

Guy Rixon, Nicholas Walton, Dennis Armstrong, Guy Woodhouse, Simon Tulloch

Proceedings Volume 4009, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.388383

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Control systems, Telescopes, Cameras, Data acquisition, Computing systems, Computer programming, Space telescopes, CCD cameras, Human-machine interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 3 July 1998 Paper

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Holistic approach to data management at the Issac Newton Group

James Lewis, Nicholas Walton

Proceedings Volume 3349, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.316496

KEYWORDS: Data archive systems, Databases, Telescopes, Data processing, Calibration, Human-machine interfaces, Observatories, Space telescopes, Tin, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 26 May 1998 Paper

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Improving the effectiveness of 2-m-class telescopes through control systems redesign

Nicholas Walton, P. Bunclark, Marion Fisher, Francis Gribbin, E. Jones, Paul Rees, Guy Rixon

Proceedings Volume 3351, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.308837

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Charge-coupled devices, Control systems, Data acquisition, Data archive systems, Cameras, Human-machine interfaces, Sensors, Computing systems, CCD cameras

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