TALON: the telescope alert operation network system: intelligent linking of distributed autonomous robotic telescopes

Robert R. White; James Wren; Heath R. Davis; Mark Galassi; Daniel Starr; W. Thomas Vestrand; P. Wozniak

doi:10.1117/12.549438

15 September 2004 TALON: the telescope alert operation network system: intelligent linking of distributed autonomous robotic telescopes

Robert R. White, James Wren, Heath R. Davis, Mark Galassi, Daniel Starr, W. Thomas Vestrand, P. Wozniak

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Proceedings Volume 5496, Advanced Software, Control, and Communication Systems for Astronomy; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.549438
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

The internet has brought about great change in the astronomical community, but this interconnectivity is just starting to be exploited for use in instrumentation. Utilizing the internet for communicating between distributed astronomical systems is still in its infancy, but it already shows great potential. Here we present an example of a distributed network of telescopes that performs more efficiently in synchronous operation than as individual instruments. RAPid Telescopes for Optical Response (RAPTOR) is a system of telescopes at LANL that has intelligent intercommunication, combined with wide-field optics, temporal monitoring software, and deep-field follow-up capability all working in closed-loop real-time operation. The Telescope ALert Operations Network (TALON) is a network server that allows intercommunication of alert triggers from external and internal resources and controls the distribution of these to each of the telescopes on the network. TALON is designed to grow, allowing any number of telescopes to be linked together and communicate. Coupled with an intelligent alert client at each telescope, it can analyze and respond to each distributed TALON alert based on the telescopes needs and schedule.

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Robert R. White, James Wren, Heath R. Davis, Mark Galassi, Daniel Starr, W. Thomas Vestrand, and P. Wozniak "TALON: the telescope alert operation network system: intelligent linking of distributed autonomous robotic telescopes", Proc. SPIE 5496, Advanced Software, Control, and Communication Systems for Astronomy, (15 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.549438

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