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Prof. Jim Emerson

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

EVALSO, a high-bandwidth communication infrastructure to efficiently connect the ESO Paranal and the Cerro Armazones observatories to Europe: demonstration activities and start of operations

Roland Lemke, Fernando Comeron, Rolf Chini, Giorgio Filippi, Jim Emerson, Konrad Kuijken, Danuta Dobrzycka, Andrew Wright, Stefano Zampieri, Fernando Liello

Proceedings Volume 8451, 84511G (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927111

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Astronomy, Telescopes, Lanthanum, Optical communications, Networks, Data communications, Optical fibers, Telecommunications, Dense wavelength division multiplexing

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Proceedings Article | 6 August 2010 Paper

VISTA: status and performance

J. Emerson, W. Sutherland

Proceedings Volume 7733, 773306 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857105

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Telescopes, Sensors, Near infrared, Space telescopes, Mirrors, Optical filters, Polishing, Imaging systems, Wavefront sensors

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2010 Paper

Commissioning the VISTA IR camera

Gavin Dalton, William Sutherland, James Emerson, Guy F. Woodhouse, David Terrett, Martin Whalley

Proceedings Volume 7735, 77351J (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857186

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Telescopes, Infrared cameras, Imaging systems, Monochromatic aberrations, Optical instrument design, Distortion, Mirrors, Image quality, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 12 July 2008 Paper

A fast link with Paranal: new operational opportunities

F. Comerón, G. Filippi, J. Emerson

Proceedings Volume 7016, 70161U (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.800630

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Astronomy, Telescopes, Data communications, Data archive systems, Microwave radiation, Space telescopes, Astronomical imaging, Data modeling, Data storage

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Proceedings Article | 29 June 2006 Paper

VISTA data flow system: status

Jim Emerson, Mike Irwin, Nigel Hambly

Proceedings Volume 6270, 62700S (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672092

KEYWORDS: Data archive systems, Data processing, Calibration, Sensors, Image processing, Databases, Astronomy, Observatories, Infrared cameras, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 28 June 2006 Paper

The VISTA infrared camera

G. Dalton, M. Caldwell, A. Ward, M. Whalley, G. Woodhouse, R. Edeson, P. Clark, S. Beard, A. Gallie, S. Todd, J. M. D. Strachan, N. Bezawada, W. Sutherland, J. Emerson

Proceedings Volume 6269, 62690X (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670018

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Telescopes, Sensors, Infrared cameras, Optical filters, Infrared telescopes, Mirrors, Staring arrays, Space telescopes, Infrared sensors

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Proceedings Article | 23 June 2006 Paper

VISTA: project status

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

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 | 30 September 2004 Paper

The VISTA IR camera

Gavin Dalton, Martin Caldwell, Kim Ward, Martin Whalley, Kevin Burke, John Lucas, Tony Richards, Marc Ferlet, Ruben Edeson, Daniel Tye, Bryan Shaughnessy, Mel Strachan, Eli Atad-Ettedgui, Melanie Leclerc, Angus Gallie, Nagaraja Bezawada, Paul Clark, Nirmal Bissonauth, Peter Luke, Nigel Dipper, Paul Berry, Will Sutherland, Jim Emerson

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551378

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Telescopes, Infrared cameras, Optical filters, Sensors, Imaging systems, Staring arrays, Mirrors, Bandpass filters, Infrared telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 28 September 2004 Paper

The VISTA project: a review of its progress and lessons learned developing the current program

Alistair McPherson, Andrew Born, William Sutherland, James Emerson

Proceedings Volume 5489, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551233

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Safety, Cameras, Manufacturing, Astronomy, Infrared cameras, Coating, Mirrors, Sensors, Visible radiation

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 2004 Paper

VISTA data flow system: overview

James Emerson, Mike Irwin, Jim Lewis, Simon Hodgkin, Dafydd Evans, Peter Bunclark, Richard McMahon, Nigel Hambly, Robert Mann, Ian Bond, Eckhard Sutorius, Michael Read, Peredur Williams, Andrew Lawrence, Malcolm Stewart

Proceedings Volume 5493, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551582

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Sensors, Data archive systems, Telescopes, Observatories, Astronomy, Data storage, Data acquisition, Databases, Quality measurement

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 2004 Paper

VISTA data flow system survey access and curation: the WFCAM science archive

Nigel Hambly, Robert Mann, Ian Bond, Eckhard Sutorius, Michael Read, Peredur Williams, Andrew Lawrence, James Emerson

Proceedings Volume 5493, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551623

KEYWORDS: Data archive systems, Data modeling, Astronomy, Databases, Prototyping, Sensors, Observatories, Computer architecture, Infrared radiation, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 2004 Paper

VISTA data flow system: pipeline processing for WFCAM and VISTA

Mike Irwin, Jim Lewis, Simon Hodgkin, Peter Bunclark, Dafydd Evans, Richard McMahon, James Emerson, Malcolm Stewart, Steven Beard

Proceedings Volume 5493, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551449

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Calibration, Cameras, Infrared telescopes, Astronomy, Distortion, Image processing, Data archive systems, Point spread functions, Infrared cameras

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Proceedings Article | 24 December 2002 Paper

Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy: overview

James Emerson, Will Sutherland

Proceedings Volume 4836, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.456741

KEYWORDS: Infrared cameras, Cameras, Infrared telescopes, Telescopes, Visible radiation, Infrared imaging, Sensors, Astronomy, Infrared radiation, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 2 August 2000 Paper

Status of VISTA systems and engineering design

Martin Fisher, Simon Craig, James Emerson

Proceedings Volume 4004, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.393894

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Cameras, Control systems, Optical instrument design, Systems modeling, Molybdenum, Systems engineering, Infrared telescopes, Astronomy

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