Dr. Thomas Granzer Profile

Dr. Thomas Granzer

at Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam

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Publications (11)

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

New electronic brains for Halfmann telescopes

Jörg Weingrill, Thomas Granzer, Michael Weber, Wilbert Bittner, Carlo Seehaus, Jan Mettke

Proceedings Volume 12189, 121890F (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629327

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Calibration, Servomechanisms, Computer programming, Switches, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

BMK10k: an autonomous robotic observatory with fail-safe industrial components

Jörg Weingrill, Thomas Granzer, Wilbert Bittner, Arto Järvinen

Proceedings Volume 11452, 114520Y (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561521

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Photonic integrated circuits, Robotics, CCD cameras, Safety, Observatories, Advanced distributed simulations, Servomechanisms, Logic, Environmental monitoring

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

GANS: a nighttime spectrograph for the GREGOR solar telescope

Arto Järvinen, M. Weber, K. Strassmeier, T. Granzer, M. Woche, S.-M. Bauer, W. Bittner, J. Weingrill, D. Sablowski

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107026L (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313185

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Mirrors, Telescopes, Calibration, Solar telescopes, Charge-coupled devices, Fiber couplers, Cameras, Vacuum equipment

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2016 Paper

STELLA: 10 years of robotic observations on Tenerife

Michael Weber, Thomas Granzer, Klaus Strassmeier

Proceedings Volume 9910, 99100N (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232251

KEYWORDS: Robotics, Telescopes, Observatories, Antennas, Astronomy, Computing systems, Space telescopes, Adaptive optics, Optical correlators, Radio astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

The STELLA robotic observatory on Tenerife

Michael Weber, Thomas Granzer, Klaus Strassmeier

Proceedings Volume 8451, 84510K (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926525

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Observatories, Robotics, Space telescopes, Calibration, Stars, Cameras, Charge-coupled devices, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

All-sky mid-infrared imagery to characterize sky conditions and improve STELLA's observational performance

Michael Weber, Dimitri Klebe, Klaus Strassmeier, Thomas Granzer, Ronald Blatherwick, Matthias Müller

Proceedings Volume 8448, 84481H (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926455

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Telescopes, Mid-IR, Infrared imaging, Sensors, Infrared radiation, Calibration, Clouds, Quality measurement, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2008 Paper

PEPSI: the Potsdam Echelle Polarimetric and Spectroscopic Instrument for the LBT

K. Strassmeier, M. Woche, I. Ilyin, E. Popow, S.-M. Bauer, F. Dionies, T. Fechner, M. Weber, A. Hofmann, J. Storm, R. Materne, W. Bittner, J. Bartus, T. Granzer, C. Denker, T. Carroll, M. Kopf, I. DiVarano, E. Beckert, M. Lesser

Proceedings Volume 7014, 70140N (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.787376

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Polarimetry, Cameras, CCD cameras, Collimators, Charge-coupled devices, Polarization, Optical benches

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Proceedings Article | 14 July 2008 Paper

The STELLA robotic observatory: first two years of high-resolution spectroscopy

Michael Weber, Thomas Granzer, Klaus Strassmeier, Manfred Woche

Proceedings Volume 7019, 70190L (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790687

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Calibration, Observatories, Robotics, Databases, Stars, Cameras, Charge-coupled devices, CCD cameras

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Proceedings Article | 29 June 2006 Paper

Operating a heterogeneous telescope network

Alasdair Allan, Karsten Bischoff, Martin Burgdorf, Brad Cavanagh, Damien Christian, Neil Clay, Rob Dickens, Frossie Economou, Mehri Fadavi, Stephen Frazer, Thomas Granzer, Sandy Grosvenor, Frederic Hessman, Tim Jenness, Anuradha Koratkar, Matthew Lehner, Chris Mottram, Tim Naylor, Eric Saunders, Nikolaos Solomos, Iain Steele, Georg Tuparev, W. Thomas Vestrand, Robert White, Sarah Yost

Proceedings Volume 6270, 62700H (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671247

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Robotics, Observatories, Astronomical telescopes, Space telescopes, Prototyping, Standards development, Astronomy, Physics, Astrophysics

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