Versatile scheduler for automatic telescopes

Sabine Moisan; Michel Boer; Carole Thiebaut; Fabian Tricoire; Monique Thonnat

doi:10.1117/12.460639

2 January 2002 Versatile scheduler for automatic telescopes

Sabine Moisan, Michel Boer, Carole Thiebaut, Fabian Tricoire, Monique Thonnat

Proceedings Volume 4844, Observatory Operations to Optimize Scientific Return III; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460639
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

We present a versatile scheduler for automated telescope observations and operations. The main objective is to optimize telescope use, while taking alerts (e.g., Gamma-Ray Bursts), weather conditions, and mechanical failures into account. Based on our previous experiment, we propose a two steps approach. First, a daily module develops plan schemes during the day that offer several possible scenarii for a night and provide alternatives to handle problems. Secondly, a nightly module uses a reactive technique --driven by events from different sensors-- to select at any moment the "best" block of observations to launch from the current plan scheme. In addition to a classical scheduling problem under resource constraints, we also want to provide dynamic reconfiguration facilities. The proposed approach is general enough to be applied to any other type of telescope, provided that reactivity is important.

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Sabine Moisan, Michel Boer, Carole Thiebaut, Fabian Tricoire, and Monique Thonnat "Versatile scheduler for automatic telescopes", Proc. SPIE 4844, Observatory Operations to Optimize Scientific Return III, (2 January 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460639

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