Associazione Romana Astrofili

157 FRASSO SABINO 42,22945555N 12,81150555E 465m s.l.m.

Goals and strategies in the global control design of the OAJ Robotic Observatory

The Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre (OAJ), is a new astronomical facility located in the Sierra de Javalambre (Teruel,Spain). The observatory will host two telescopes, an 83cm telescope with one 9.2k x 9.2k CCD and a 2.55 telescope with 14 CCDs 10.5K x 10.5K The OAJ control system has been designed from a global point of view including astronomical subsystems as well as infrastructures and other facilities. We strongly believe that the best approach for a success design of a new observatory is to consider it as whole and to focus on overall efficiency basically integrated by...

First light survey instruments for the Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre

The Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre (OAJ) is a new astronomical facility located at the Sierra de Javalambre (Teruel, Spain) whose primary role will be to conduct all-sky astronomical surveys. The OAJ facility will have two wide-field telescopes: the T250/JST; a 2.55-m telescope with a 3° diameter FoV, and the T80/JAST; a 0.83 m telescope with a 2° diameter FoV. In this poster the JAST/T80 and JST/T250 first light panoramic instruments are presented. T80Cam is a wide-field camera that will be mounted at the Cassegrain focus of the T80/JAST. It is intended for surveys,...

Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre: observation scheduler and sequencer

Observational strategy is a critical path in any large survey. The planning of a night requires the knowledge of the fields observed, the quality of the data already secured, and the ones still to be observed to optimize scientific returns. Finally, field maximum altitude, sky distance/brightness during the night and meteorological data (cloud coverage and seeing) have to be taken into account in order to increase the chance to have a successful observation. To support the execution of the J-PAS project at the Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory, we have prepared a scheduler and a...

OSIRIS/GTC: status and prospects

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