Dr. Annino Vaccarella Profile

Dr. Annino Vaccarella

Detector Engineer at Australian National Univ

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Publications (24)

Proceedings Article | 30 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

MAVIS: preliminary design of the adaptive optics module

Valentina Viotto, Enrico Pinna, Guido Agapito, Matteo Aliverti, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Andrea Balestra, Andrea Baruffolo, Olivier Beltramo-Martin, Maria Bergomi, Marco Bonaglia, Runa Briguglio, Giulio Capasso, Luca Carbonaro, Elena Carolo, Simonetta Chinellato, Mirko Colapietro, Elia Costa, Jesse Cranney, Ciro Del Vecchio, Simone Doniselli, Sergio D'Orsi, Daniela Fantinel, Jacopo Farinato, Thierry Fusco, Antony Galla, Gaston Gausachs, Paolo Grani, Damien Gratadour, Davide Greggio, Pierre Haguenauer, Nick Herrald, Demetrio Magrin, Luca Marafatto, Benoit Neichel, Cedric Plantet, Alfio Puglisi, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Fabio Rossi, Bernardo Salasnich, Salvatore Savarese, Pietro Schipani, Chiara Selmi, Rosanna Sordo, Stefan Ströbele, Brian Taylor, Annino Vaccarella, Daniele Vassallo, Simone Esposito, Roberto Ragazzoni, David Brodrick, Jennifer Burgess, François Rigaut

Proceedings Volume 12185, 1218520 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629441

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Adaptive optics, Point spread functions, Actuators, Wavefront sensors, Imaging systems, Sodium, Wavefronts, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Design and manufacture of the carrier and flex cable for the Leonardo 1K

A. Vaccarella, N. Herrald, R. Sharp, J. Gilbert, M. Ellis, E. Zemaityte, M. Hicks

Proceedings Volume 12191, 121912D (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629916

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Interfaces, Thermal modeling, Tolerancing, Manufacturing, Temperature metrology, Design for manufacturability, Finite element methods, Signal detection, Aluminum

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

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Design of the near infrared camera DIRAC for East Anatolia Observatory

Ross Zhelem, Robert Content, Vladimir Churilov, Yevgen Kripak, Lew Waller, Scott Case, Slavko Mali, Rolf Muller, Mario Gonzalez, David Adams, Nick Binos, Timothy Chin, Tony Farrell, Urs Klauser, Yuriy Kondrat, Nirmala Kunwar, Jon. Lawrence, Nuria Lorente, Summer Luo, Erica Mcdonald, Helen McGregor, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Minh Vuong, Jahanzeb Zahoor, Jessica Zheng, Barnaby Norris, Julia Bryant, Annino Vaccarella, Nick Herrald, James Gilbert, Cahit Yesilyaprak, Bulent Gucsav, Deniz Coker, Onur Keskin, Laurent Jolissaint

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218440 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629716

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Cameras, Optical filters, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Lenses, Cryogenics, Mirrors, Image quality, Coronagraphy

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

MAVIS: preliminary design overview of the AOM control electronics

M. Colapietro, P. Schipani, S. Savarese, G. Capasso, S. D'Orsi, L. Marty, M. Aliverti, E. Costa, B. Salasnich, V. Viotto, M. Bergomi, S. Chinellato, M. Bonaglia, E. Pinna, P. Grani, T. Lapucci, A. Vaccarella, D. Brodrick, G. Gausachs, F. Rigaut

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121843S (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629040

KEYWORDS: Bragg cells, Control systems, Electronics, Cameras, Sensors, Photonic integrated circuits, Computer programming, Prototyping, Mirrors, Imaging systems

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SPIE Journal Paper | 13 May 2022

Emu: a case study for TDI-like imaging for infrared observation from space

Joice Mathew, James Gilbert, Robert Sharp, Alexey Grigoriev, Adam Rains, Anna Moore, Annino Vaccarella, Aurelie Magniez, David Chandler, Ian Price, Luca Casagrande, Maruša Žerjal, Michael Ireland, Michael Bessell, Nicholas Herrald, Shanae King, Thomas Nordlander

JATIS, Vol. 8, Issue 02, 024002, (May 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.8.2.024002

KEYWORDS: Stars, Sensors, Infrared radiation, Infrared imaging, Telescopes, Absorption, Space operations, Infrared telescopes, Infrared detectors, Signal to noise ratio

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

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A space-based near-infrared sky survey to study the oxygen abundance in cool stars

Joice Mathew, James Gilbert, Robert Sharp, Alexey Grigoriev, Shanae King, Annino Vaccarella, David Chandler, Nicholas Herrald, Ian Price, Aurelie Magniez

Proceedings Volume 11443, 114430J (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560898

KEYWORDS: Stars, Oxygen, Infrared imaging, Infrared radiation, Galactic astronomy, Water, Telescopes, Astrophysics, Exoplanets, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

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MAVIS: science case, imager, and spectrograph

Simon Ellis, Richard McDermid, Giovanni Cresci, Christian Schwab, Francois Rigaut, Timothy Chin, Robert Content, Anthony Horton, Mahesh Mohanan, Helen McGregor, Jacob Pember, David Robertson, Lew Waller, Ross Zhelem, Stephanie Monty, Trevor Mendel, Matteo Aliverti, Guido Agapito, Simone Antoniucci, Andrea Balestra, Andrea Baruffolo, Maria Bergomi, Andrea Bianco, Marco Bonaglia, Guiseppe Bono, Jean-Claude Bouret, David Brodrick, Lorenzo Busoni, Elena Carolo, Simonetta Chinellato, Jess Cranney, Gayandhi De Silva, Simone Esposito, Daniela Fantinel, Jacopo Farinato, Thierry Fusco, Gaston Gausachs, James Gilbert, Damien Gratadour, Davide Gerggio, Marco Gullieuszik, Pierre Haguenauer, Dionne Haynes, Visa Korkiakoski, Demetrio Magrin, Laura Magrini, Luca Marafatto, Benoit Neichel, Fernando Pedichini, Enrico Pinna, Cedric Plantet, Elisa Portaluri, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Roberto Ragazzoni, Bernado Salasnich, Stefan Ströbele, Elliott Thorn, Annino Vaccarella, Daniele Vassallo, Valentina Viotto, Frédéric Zamkotsian, Alessio Zanutta, Hao Zhang

Proceedings Volume 11447, 11447A0 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561930

KEYWORDS: Imaging systems, Spectrographs, Visible radiation, Adaptive optics, Stars, Galactic astronomy, Image quality, V band, Spectral resolution, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

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MAVIS: the adaptive optics module feasibility study

Valentina Viotto, Guido Agapito, Davide Greggio, Cedric Plantet, Enrico Pinna, Matteo Aliverti, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Olivier Beltramo-Martin, Maria Bergomi, Marco Bonaglia, Lorenzo Busoni, Elena Carolo, Simonetta Chinellato, Jesse Cranney, Jacopo Farinato, Thierry Fusco, Gaston Gausachs, Damien Gratadour, Pierre Haguenauer, Demetrio Magrin, Luca Marafatto, Benoit Neichel, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Stefan Ströbele, Annino Vaccarella, Daniele Vassallo, Simone Esposito, Roberto Ragazzoni, David Brodrick, Francois Rigaut

Proceedings Volume 11448, 114480D (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561041

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Bragg cells, Error analysis, Visible radiation, Optomechanical design, Optical instrument design, Imaging systems, Spectrographs, Large telescopes, Spatial frequencies

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

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MAVIS conceptual design

François Rigaut, Richard McDermid, Giovanni Cresci, Valentina Viotto, Simon Ellis, David Brodrick, Guido Agapito, Thierry Fusco, Benoit Neichel, Pierre Haguenauer, Cedric Plantet, Bernardo Salasnich, Matteo Aliverti, Simone Antoniucci, Andrea Balestra, Andrea Baruffolo, Olivier Beltramo-Martin, Maria Bergomi, Andrea Blanco, Marco Bonaglia, Giuseppe Bono, Lorenzo Busoni, Elena Carolo, Simonetta Chinellato, Robert Content, Jesse Cranney, Gayandhi de Silva, Simone Esposito, Daniela Fantinel, Jacopo Farinato, Dionne Haynes, Anthony Horton, Gaston Gausachs, James Gilbert, Damien Gratadour, Davide Greggio, Marco Gullieuszik, Visa Korkiakoski, Demetrio Magrin, Laura Magrini, Luca Marafatto, Helen McGregor, Trevor Mendel, Stephanie Monty, Fernando Pedichini, Enrico Pinna, Elisa Portaluri, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Roberto Ragazzoni, David Robertson, Christian Schwab, Stefan Ströbele, Elliott Thorn, Annino Vaccarella, Daniele Vassallo, Lew Waller, Frédéric Zamkotsian, Alesso Zanutta, Hao Zhang

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114471R (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561886

KEYWORDS: Visible radiation, James Webb Space Telescope, Observatories, Adaptive optics, Large telescopes, Spectrographs, Spatial resolution, Hubble Space Telescope, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 3 January 2020 Paper

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A flexible cost-effective detector controller for space

Shanae King, James Gilbert, David Chandler, Michael Ellis, Annino Vaccarella

Proceedings Volume 11203, 112030J (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539358

KEYWORDS: Infrared detectors, Space telescopes, CMOS sensors, Instrumentation control, Sensors, Video, Field programmable gate arrays, Infrared sensors, Infrared astronomy, Clocks, Avalanche photodetectors, Astronomy, Astrophysics

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Proceedings Article | 3 January 2020 Paper

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Lucky imaging with the Leonardo SAPHIRA at Siding Spring Observatory

Annino Vaccarella, Robert Sharp, Michael Ellis, James Gilbert, Shanae King, David Adams

Proceedings Volume 11203, 1120313 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539779

KEYWORDS: Cryogenics, Cryocoolers, Sensors, Avalanche photodetectors, Observatories, Imaging systems, Electronics, Active vibration damping, Mercury cadmium telluride, Avalanche photodiodes

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Proceedings Article | 3 January 2020 Paper

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Emu: a near-infrared wide-field photometer for space

James Gilbert, David Chandler, Alexey Grigoriev, Shanae King, Joice Mathew, Rob Sharp, Annino Vaccarella

Proceedings Volume 11203, 112030H (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539776

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Photometry, Stars, Electronics, Image processing, Space operations, Earth's atmosphere, Field programmable gate arrays, Cryocoolers, Control systems design

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Proceedings Article | 3 January 2020 Paper

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Vibration measurement and mount design for cryocoolers on GMT and large telescopes

D. Adams, A. Vaccarella, W. Schofield, R. Sharp, J. Gilbert, G. Gausachs

Proceedings Volume 11203, 1120314 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539923

KEYWORDS: Cryocoolers, Optical instrument design, Large telescopes, Telescopes, Vibrometry, Signal attenuation, Observatories, Adaptive optics

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Proceedings Article | 16 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

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Commissioning of cryogenic preamplifiers for SAPHIRA detectors

Sean Goebel, Donald N. Hall, Shane Jacobson, Annino Vaccarella, Rob Sharp, Michael Ellis, Izabella Pastrana

Proceedings Volume 10709, 107090R (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311513

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Cryogenics, Cameras, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Signal detection, Wavefront sensors, Electronics

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Proceedings Article | 12 July 2018 Paper

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Cryogenic detector preamplifer developments at the ANU

Annino Vaccarella, Robert Sharp, Michael Ellis, Antonin Bouchez, Rodolphe Conan, R. Boz, David Bundy, Gaston Gausachs, James Gilbert, Luke Gers, John Hart, Nick Herrald, Michael Ireland, Jon Nielsen, Ian Price, Colin Vest, Henry Zovaro

Proceedings Volume 10709, 1070923 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313023

KEYWORDS: Cryogenics, Sensors, Charge-coupled devices, Detector development, Avalanche photodetectors, Imaging systems, Optical filters, Spectrographs, Telescopes, Copper

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Proceedings Article | 11 July 2018 Paper

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Stirling cycle cryocooler exported vibration analysis

Annino Vaccarella, Robert Boz, Robert Sharp, Michael Ellis, Andrew Bish, David Adams, David Chandler, Luke Gers, James Gilbert, John Hart, Nick Herrald, Mike Petkovic

Proceedings Volume 10703, 107035C (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313024

KEYWORDS: Cryocoolers, Avalanche photodetectors, Imaging systems, Vibrometry, Telescopes, Electronics, Optical isolators, Cooling systems, Sensors, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

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Adaptive optics tracking and pushing system for space debris manoeuvre

Marcus Lingham, Doris Grosse, Francis Bennet, Mark Blundell, Amy Chan, Michael Copeland, Celine d'Orgeville, Michael Ellis, Antony Galla, Yue Gao, Luke Gers, John Hart, Ellen Houston, Visa Korkiakoski, Ian Price, Emily Rees, Francois Rigaut, Ian Ritchie, Craig Smith, Tony Travouillon, Annino Vaccarella, Yanjie Wang, James Webb

Proceedings Volume 10703, 107030O (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313181

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Laser guide stars, Laser safety, Laser systems engineering

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

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Veloce Rosso: Australia's new precision radial velocity spectrograph

James Gilbert, Christoph Bergmann, Gabe Bloxham, Robert Boz, Robert Brookfield, Tom Carkic, Brad Carter, Scott Case, Vladimir Churilov, Michael Ellis, Gaston Gausachs, Luke Gers, Doug Gray, Nicholas Herrald, Michael Ireland, Damien Jones, Yevgen Kripak, Jon Lawrence, Ellie O'Brien, Ian Price, Matthew Robertson, Christian Schwab, Chris Tinney, Annino Vaccarella, Colin Vest, Duncan Wright, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107020Y (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312399

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Sensors, Control systems, Calibration, Telescopes, Observatories, Optical benches, Relays, Image processing, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

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Design evolution of the Giant Magellan Telescope Integral Field Spectrograph, GMTIFS

R. Sharp, D. Adams, G. Bloxham, R. Boz, D. Bundy, D. Chandler, G. Gausachs, L. Gers, J. Hart, N. Herrald, J. Nielsen, E. O'Brien, C. Onken, I. Price, A. Vaccarella, C. Vest, P. Young

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107021V (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313010

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Adaptive optics, Imaging systems, Spectrographs, Optical benches, Iterated function systems, Wavefront sensors, Prototyping, Telescopes, Optical design

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

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Avalanche photo diodes in the observatory environment: lucky imaging at 1-2.5 microns

A. Vaccarella, R. Sharp, M. Ellis, S. Singh, G. Bloxham, A. Bouchez, R. Conan, R. Boz, D. Bundy, J. Davies, B. Espeland, J. Hart, N. Herrald, M. Ireland, G. Jacoby, J. Nielsen, C. Vest, P. Young, B. Fordham, A. Zovaro

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99082X (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231557

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Observatories, Imaging systems, Adaptive optics, Observatories, Imaging systems, Telescopes, Cryogenics, Avalanche photodetectors, Space telescopes, Electronics, Copper

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

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GMTIFS: The Giant Magellan Telescope integral fields spectrograph and imager

Rob Sharp, G. Bloxham, R. Boz, D. Bundy, J. Davies, B. Espeland, B. Fordham, J. Hart, N. Herrald, J. Nielsen, A. Vaccarella, C. Vest, P. Young, P. McGregor

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99081Y (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231561

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Adaptive optics, Imaging systems, Iterated function systems, Telescopes, Sensors, Galactic astronomy, Mirrors, Stars, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

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GMTIFS: cryogenic rotary mechanisms for the GMT Integral-Field Spectrograph

John Hart, Brady Espeland, Gabe Bloxham, Robert Boz, Dave Bundy, John Davies, Bart Fordham, Nick Herald, Rob Sharp, Annino Vaccarella, Colin Vest

Proceedings Volume 9912, 991264 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231556

KEYWORDS: Cryogenics, Sensors, Spectrographs, Imaging systems, Aluminum, Beam splitters, Interfaces, Diffraction gratings, Mechanical engineering, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

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GMTIFS: the adaptive optics beam steering mirror for the GMT integral-field spectrograph

J. Davies, G. Bloxham, R. Boz, D. Bundy, B. Espeland, B. Fordham, J. Hart, N. Herrald, J. Nielsen, R. Sharp, A. Vaccarella, C. Vest, P. Young

Proceedings Volume 9912, 991217 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231560

KEYWORDS: Beam steering, Mirrors, Actuators, Sensors, Cryogenics, Stars, Adaptive optics, Spectrographs, Interferometry, Servomechanisms

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To achieve the high adaptive optics sky coverage necessary to allow the GMT Integral-Field Spectrograph (GMTIFS) to access key scientific targets, the on-instrument adaptive-optics wavefront-sensing (OIWFS) system must patrol the full 180 arcsecond diameter guide field passed to the instrument. The OIWFS uses a diffraction limited guide star as the fundamental pointing reference for the instrument. During an observation the offset between the science target and the guide star will change due to sources such as flexure, differential refraction and non-sidereal tracking rates. GMTIFS uses a beam steering mirror to set the initial offset between science target and guide star and also to correct for changes in offset. In order to reduce image motion from beam steering errors to those comparable to the AO system in the most stringent case, the beam steering mirror is set a requirement of less than 1 milliarcsecond RMS. This corresponds to a dynamic range for both actuators and sensors of better than 1/180,000.

The GMTIFS beam steering mirror uses piezo-walk actuators and a combination of eddy current sensors and interferometric sensors to achieve this dynamic range and control. While the sensors are rated for cryogenic operation, the actuators are not. We report on the results of prototype testing of single actuators, with the sensors, on the bench and in a cryogenic environment. Specific failures of the system are explained and suspected reasons for them. A modified test jig is used to investigate the option of heating the actuator and we report the improved results. In addition to individual component testing, we built and tested a complete beam steering mirror assembly. Testing was conducted with a point source microscope, however controlling environmental conditions to less than 1 micron was challenging. The assembly testing investigated acquisition accuracy and if there was any un-sensed hysteresis in the system. Finally we present the revised beam steering mirror design based on the outcomes and lessons learnt from this prototyping.

Proceedings Article | 21 July 2008 Paper

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Implementation of the software systems for the SkyMapper automated survey telescope

A. Vaccarella, T. Preston, A. Czezowski, S. Keller, B. Schmidt, P. Young

Proceedings Volume 7019, 70192R (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788450

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Control systems, Sensors, Domes, Data acquisition, Cameras, Databases, Data storage, Calibration, Astronomy

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