Upgraded wavefront sensor control and analysis software for the MMT Observatory

T. E. Pickering

doi:10.1117/12.2313091

Upgraded wavefront sensor control and analysis software for the MMT Observatory

T. E. Pickering

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Abstract

The MMT Observatory uses a suite of Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensors to maintain telescope focus, collimation, and primary mirror figure. The first of those systems were developed and commissioned in 2001-2003 and in routine operation since then. The software developed control these systems and analyze the data they produce was largely unchanged until 2017. We have since replaced that software with completely new software based on Python and the AstroPy ecosystem.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VII
Editors	Heather K. Marshall, Jason Spyromilio
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510619531
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313091
State	Published - 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VII 2018 - Austin, United States Duration: Jun 10 2018 → Jun 15 2018

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	10700
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

Other

Other	Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VII 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	6/10/18 → 6/15/18

Keywords

atmospheric turbulence
observatory operations
Shack-Hartmann
site monitoring
wavefront sensing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Upgraded wavefront sensor control and analysis software for the MMT Observatory. / Pickering, T. E.

Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VII. ed. / Heather K. Marshall; Jason Spyromilio. SPIE, 2018. 1070065 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 10700).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Pickering, TE 2018, Upgraded wavefront sensor control and analysis software for the MMT Observatory. in HK Marshall & J Spyromilio (eds), Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VII., 1070065, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 10700, SPIE, Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VII 2018, Austin, United States, 6/10/18. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313091

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