Mr. Moloko Hlakola Profile

Moloko Hlakola

at South African Astronomical Observatory

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Publications (5)

Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Paper

The intelligent observatory: software for robotic operation, monitoring, and safeguarding

Carel van Gend, Stephen Potter, Nicolas Erasmus, Sunil Chandra, Hannah Worters, Moloko Hlakola, Roufurd Julie

Proceedings Volume 13101, 131012W (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018677

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Equipment, Observatories, Information operations, Robotics, Software development, Control systems, Control software, Computer architecture

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

Intelligent stargazing: the observatory control system for meter class telescopes at South African Astronomical Observatory

Sunil Chandra, Stephen Potter, Nicolas Erasmus, Carel H. D. van Gend, Moloka Hlakola, Roufurd Julie, Christian Hettlage

Proceedings Volume 13098, 130980Z (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020339

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Information operations, Observatories, Control systems, Databases, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Paper

Assessing sky conditions with astrometrically and photometrically calibrated all-sky images for autonomous observing

Nicolas Erasmus, John Tonry, Larry Denneau, Moloko Hlakola, Carel H. D. van Gend, Stephen Potter, Henry Weiland, Robert Siverd, Roufurd Julie

Proceedings Volume 13098, 130981U (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017927

KEYWORDS: Clouds, Sensors, Telescopes, Calibration, Stars, Observatories, Image segmentation, Astronomy, Astrometry, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

The intelligent observatory

Stephen Potter, Nicolas Erasmus, Carel H. D. van Gend, Sunil Chandra, Hannah Worters, Moloko Hlakola, Roufurd Julie

Proceedings Volume 13098, 130980Y (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018154

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Equipment, Observatories, Information operations, Control systems, Astronomy, Imaging spectroscopy, Spectroscopes, Observational astronomy, Spectrographs

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

Instrumentation at the SAAO for autonomous rapid-response observing

Nicolas Erasmus, Stephen Potter, Carel H.D. van Gend, Egan Loubser, Kathryn Rosie, Keegan Titus, Sunil Chandra, Hannah Worters, Hitesh Gajjar, Moloko Hlakola, Roufurd Julie

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130968K (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3015250

KEYWORDS: Equipment, Telescopes, Observatories, Cameras, Imaging systems, Spectrographs

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