Software architecture for an unattended remotely controlled telescope

2010/12/14 by Lucas, Robert, Kolb, Ulrich
#FOS: Physical sciences #Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) #Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1012.3058

Abstract

We report on the software architecture we developed for the Open University's remotely controlled telescope PIRATE. This facility is based in Mallorca and used in distance learning modules by undergraduate students and by postgraduate students for research projects.

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