&lt;title&gt;Observation scheduling scheme for the Subaru telescope&lt;/title&gt;

Sasaki, Toshiyuki; Kosugi, George; Kawai, Jun A.; Kusumoto, Toyoaki; Koura, Norikazu; Hawkins, R. L.; Kramer, Laurence A.; Krueger, Anthony; Miller, G. Edward

doi:10.1117/12.388405

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“…This 8.2 meters telescope is located on the top of the Mauna Kea mountain in Hawaii, together with many other large telescopes. [17] describes the (partially implemented) scheduling system for the Subaru Telescope, part of the Subaru Observation Software System (SOSS). It uses SPIKE as scheduling engine, with various extensions to the VLT adaptation, for particular needs.…”

Section: Subaru Telescopementioning

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A Survey on the Dynamic Scheduling Problem in Astronomical Observations

Mora

Solar

2010

Artificial Intelligence in Theory and Practice III

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The tasks execution scheduling is a common problem in computer science. The typical problem, as in industrial or computer processing applications, has some restrictions that are inapplicable for certain cases. For example, all available tasks have to be executed at some point, and ambient factors do not affect the execution order. In the astronomical observations field, projects are scheduled as observation blocks, and their execution depends on parameters like science goals priority and target visibility, but is also restricted by external factors: atmospheric conditions, equipment failure, etc. A telescope scheduler is mainly in charge of handling projects, commanding the telescope's high level movement to targets, and starting data acquisition. With the growth of observatories' capacities and maintenance costs, it is now mandatory to optimize the observation time allocation. Currently, at professional observatories there is still strong human intervention dependency, with no fully automatic solution so far. This paper aims to describe the dynamic scheduling problem in astronomical observations, and to provide a survey on existing solutions, opening some new application opportunities for computer science.

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Section: Subaru Telescopementioning

confidence: 99%

A Survey on the Dynamic Scheduling Problem in Astronomical Observations

Mora

Solar

2010

Artificial Intelligence in Theory and Practice III

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What makes an automated telescope robotic?

Granzer

2004

Astron Nachr

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Abstract. Robotic telescopes are more and more commonly used in today's astronomical research. To optimize the scientific return the automation must not stop at a level, where a single observation can be performed by the robot. In fact it is necessary that target selection reflects the scientific needs of the different science programs, involving long-term planing as well as shorttime optimization. In this paper, the approach pursued to solve this scheduling problem at the STELLA robotic observatory is reported. Hints for adopting the software package on other robotic facilities are outlined.

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Cost-efficient scheduling of FAST observations

Luo

Zhao

et al. 2018

Exp Astron

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A Survey on the Dynamic Scheduling Problem in Astronomical Observations

A Survey on the Dynamic Scheduling Problem in Astronomical Observations

What makes an automated telescope robotic?

Cost-efficient scheduling of FAST observations

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