GOTO望远镜控制系统
The GOTO Telescope Control System
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- University of Sheffield(谢菲尔德大学)
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias(加那利群岛天体物理研究所)
- University of Warwick(华威大学)
- Monash University(蒙纳士大学)
- University of Cambridge(剑桥大学)
- The Open University(开放大学)
- University of Birmingham(伯明翰大学)
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中文总结 AI 辅助
本文介绍GOTO望远镜控制系统(G-TeCS),一个管理双站点四节点机器人望远镜网络的Python软件包,通过中央调度与独立守护进程实现完全自主运行。
中文摘要 AI 辅助
引力波光学暂现源观测者(GOTO)运行着一个由机器人宽视场巡天望远镜组成的网络,用于搜寻引力波信号及其他天文事件的光学暂现源。自2023年起,该网络由位于加那利群岛和澳大利亚的两个对跖点站点组成,每个站点配备两个独立的机器人支架。GOTO望远镜控制系统(G-TeCS)是一个定制的Python软件包,负责管理该网络的所有运行方面,从警报处理和目标调度到现场硬件操作和监控。中央系统由一个警报监视器、观测数据库和调度器组成,调度器将目标分配给四个节点。每台望远镜使用一组独立的控制守护进程运行,并有一个主控程序来协调夜间操作。该架构自2015年起开发,提供了一个灵活而稳健的系统,目前成功运行着完全自主的网络。
英文摘要
The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) operates a network of robotic, wide-field survey telescopes searching for optical transients to gravitational-wave signals and other astronomical events. Since 2023, the network has comprised two antipodal sites in the Canary Islands and Australia, each hosting two independent robotic mounts. The GOTO Telescope Control System (G-TeCS) is a custom Python software package that manages all operational aspects of the network; from alert processing and target scheduling to onsite hardware operations and monitoring. The central system consists of an alert monitor, observation database and scheduler, which issues targets to the four nodes. Each telescope operates using a system of independent control daemons, with a pilot master control program to coordinate nightly operations. This architecture, in development since 2015, provides a flexible and robust system that now successfully operates the fully autonomous network.