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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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.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvanced Software and Control for Astronomy II
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
EventAdvanced Software and Control for Astronomy II - Marseille, France
Duration: 26 Jun 200828 Jun 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume7019
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

ConferenceAdvanced Software and Control for Astronomy II
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityMarseille
Period26/06/0828/06/08

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