Gemini all-sky camera for laser guide star operation

Matthieu Bec; Francois J. Rigaut; Gelys Trancho; Maxime Boccas; Fabian Collao; Felipe Daruich; Céline d'Orgeville; Manuel Lazo; Diego Maltes; Gabriel Perez; Vicente Vergara; Tomislav Vucina; Michael P. Sheehan

doi:10.1117/12.788190

22 July 2008 Gemini all-sky camera for laser guide star operation

Matthieu Bec, Francois J. Rigaut, Gelys Trancho, Maxime Boccas, Fabian Collao, Felipe Daruich, Céline d'Orgeville, Manuel Lazo, Diego Maltes, Gabriel Perez, Vicente Vergara, Tomislav Vucina, Michael P. Sheehan

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Proceedings Volume 7019, Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy II; 70192C (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788190
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2008, Marseille, France

Abstract

As part of its Safe Aircraft Localization and Satellite Acquisition System (SALSA), Gemini is building an All Sky Camera (ASCAM) system to detect aircrafts in order to prevent propagation of the laser that could be a safety hazard for pilots and passengers. ASCAM detections, including trajectory parameters, are made available to neighbor observatories so they may compute impact parameters given their location. We present in this paper an overview of the system architecture, a description of the software solution and detection algorithm, some performance and on-sky result.

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Matthieu Bec, Francois J. Rigaut, Gelys Trancho, Maxime Boccas, Fabian Collao, Felipe Daruich, Céline d'Orgeville, Manuel Lazo, Diego Maltes, Gabriel Perez, Vicente Vergara, Tomislav Vucina, and Michael P. Sheehan "Gemini all-sky camera for laser guide star operation", Proc. SPIE 7019, Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy II, 70192C (22 July 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788190

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