Mr. David M. Brown Profile

David M. Brown

Retired at Australian Astronomical Optics, Macquarie Univ

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Physics , Mechatronic engineering , Optical Astronomical instrumentation

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Publications (12)

Proceedings Article | 13 July 2018 Paper

Wide-field multi-object spectroscopy with MANIFEST

Jon Lawrence, Sagi Ben-Ami, David Brown, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Timothy Chin, Matthew Colless, Adam Contos, Darren Depoy, Ian Evans, Daniel Faes, Tony Farrell, Peter Gillingham, Michael Goodwin, Sungwook Hong, Narae Hwang, Wong-Seob Jeong, Urs Klauser, Kyler Kuehn, Nuria Lorente, Slavko Mali, Jennifer Marshall, Helen McGregor, Rolf Muller, Rafael Millan-Gabet, Vijay Nichani, Claudia Oliveria, Henrique Ortolan, naveen Pai, Sung-Joon Park, Travis Prochaska, Will Saunders, Luke Schmidt, Aline Souza, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Lew Waller, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 10702, 10702A6 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314178

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Paper

Hoverboards: focal plane positioner for large-sized payloads

Michael Goodwin, Prerak Chapagain, David Brown, Jon Lawrence, Simon Ellis

Proceedings Volume 10706, 107062B (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312360

KEYWORDS: Prototyping, Deformable mirrors, Optical fibers, Adaptive optics, Large telescopes, Robotics, Electronics, Astronomy, Telescopes, Actuators

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Paper

Acquisition and guiding for TAIPAN using Starbugs

Carlos Bacigalupo, Michael Goodwin, Rebecca Brown, David Brown, Scott Case, Tony Farrell, Kyler Kuehn, Nuria Lorente

Proceedings Volume 10706, 107065V (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2307057

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Stars, Telescopes, Metrology, Polymers, Target acquisition, Calibration, Distortion, Point spread functions, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Presentation

TAIPAN: the AAO's first Starbug positioner and spectrograph (Conference Presentation)

Nuria P. Lorente, Kyler Kuehn, Jon Lawrence, Carlos Bacigalupo, David Brown, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Steve Chapman, Vladimir Churilov, Robert Content, Tony Farrell, Michael Goodwin, Urs Klauser, Slavko Mali, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Scott Smedley, Minh Vuong, Lewis Waller, Ross Zhelem, Helen McGregor

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107021A (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313032

KEYWORDS: Astronomical imaging, Telescopes, Spectroscopes, Spectrographs, Observatories, Prototyping, Robots, Optical fibers, Glasses, Galactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

The MANIFEST prototyping design study

Jonathan Lawrence, Sagi Ben-Ami, David Brown, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Steve Chapman, Vladimir Churilov, Matthew Colless, Robert Content, Darren Depoy, Ian Evans, Tony Farrell, Michael Goodwin, George Jacoby, Urs Klauser, Kyler Kuehn, Nuria P. Lorente, Slavko Mali, Jennifer Marshall, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Travis Prochaska, Will Saunders, Luke Schmidt, Keith Shortridge, Nicholas Staszak, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Julia Tims, Minh Vuong, Lewis Waller, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99089O (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232412

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Prototyping, Spectrographs, Optical instrument design, Optical instrument design, Cameras, Interfaces, Connectors, Metrology, Glasses, Galactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

ULTIMATE: a deployable multiple integral field unit for Subaru

S. Ellis, Ross Zhelem, David Brown, Nicholas Staszak, Chris Lidman, David Nataf, Andrew Casey, Pascal Xavier, Andrew Sheinis, Peter Gillingham, Julia Tims, Jon Lawrence, Julia Bryant, Rob Sharp

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99081Q (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232107

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Microlens array, K band, Sensors, ZBLAN, Mirrors, Metrology

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2016 Paper

Hector: a new massively multiplexed IFU instrument for the Anglo-Australian Telescope

Julia Bryant, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Jon Lawrence, Scott Croom, David Brown, Sudharshan Venkatesan, Peter Gillingham, Ross Zhelem, Robert Content, Will Saunders, Nicholas Staszak, Jesse van de Sande, Warrick Couch, Sergio Leon-Saval, Julia Tims, Richard McDermid, Adam Schaefer

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99081F (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2230740

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Telescopes, Stars, Kinematics, Iterated function systems, Cameras, Glasses, Mirrors, Aspheric lenses

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

TAIPAN instrument fibre positioner and Starbug robots: engineering overview

Nicholas Staszak, Jon Lawrence, David Brown, Rebecca Brown, Ross Zhelem, Michael Goodwin, Kyler Kuehn, Nuria P. Lorente, Vijay Nichani, Lew Waller, Scott Case, Robert Content, Andrew Hopkins, Urs Klauser, Naveen Pai, Rolf Mueller, Slavko Mali, Minh Vuong

Proceedings Volume 9912, 99121W (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233583

KEYWORDS: Metrology, Telescopes, Glasses, Connectors, Cameras, Control systems, Space telescopes, Fiber science, Electronics, Coating

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Proceedings Article | 7 August 2014 Paper

Starbug fibre positioning robots: performance and reliability enhancements

David Brown, Scott Case, James Gilbert, Michael Goodwin, Daniel Jacobs, Kyler Kuehn, Jon Lawrence, Nuria P. F. Lorente, Vijay Nichani, Will Saunders, Nick Staszac, Julia Tims

Proceedings Volume 9151, 91511A (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055594

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Connectors, Metrology, Glasses, Ceramics, Electrodes, Space telescopes, Reliability, Prototyping, Optical fibers

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2014 Paper

The MANIFEST fibre positioning system for the Giant Magellan Telescope

Jon Lawrence, David Brown, Jurek Brzeski, Scott Case, Matthew Colless, Tony Farrell, Luke Gers, James Gilbert, Michael Goodwin, George Jacoby, Andrew Hopkins, Michael Ireland, Kyler Kuehn, Nuria P. Lorente, Stan Miziarski, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Azizi Rakman, Samuel Richards, Will Saunders, Nick Staszak, Julia Tims, Minh Vuong, Lew Waller

Proceedings Volume 9147, 914794 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055742

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Prototyping, Glasses, Metrology, Connectors, Optical fabrication, Coating, Astronomical telescopes, Optical fibers

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

Towards a spectroscopic survey of one hundred thousand spatially resolved galaxies with Hector

Jon Lawrence, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, David Brown, Julia Bryant, Gerald Cecil, Robert Content, Scott Croom, Luke Gers, Peter Gillingham, Samuel Richards, Will Saunders, Nick Staszak

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91476Y (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055734

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Galactic astronomy, Sensors, Optical design, Cameras, Spherical lenses, Robots, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 8 July 2014 Paper

TAIPAN: optical spectroscopy with StarBugs

Kyler Kuehn, Jon Lawrence, David Brown, Scott Case, Matthew Colless, Robert Content, Luke Gers, James Gilbert, Michael Goodwin, Andrew Hopkins, Michael Ireland, Nuria Lorente, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Azizi Rakman, Samuel Richards, Will Saunders, Nick Staszak, Julia Tims, Lewis Waller

Proceedings Volume 9147, 914710 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055677

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Stars, Astronomy, Prototyping, Control systems, Metrology, Optical spectroscopy, Spectroscopes, Astronomical imaging

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