Dr. Ian Egan Profile

Dr. Ian Egan

at UK Astronomy Technology Ctr

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Publications (9)

Proceedings Article | 25 July 2008 Paper

Precision radial velocity spectrograph

Hugh R. A. Jones, John Rayner, Larry Ramsey, David Henry, Bill Dent, David Montgomery, Andy Vick, Derek Ives, Ian Egan, David Lunney, Phil Rees, Adrian Webster, Chris Tinney, Mike Liu

Proceedings Volume 7014, 70140Y (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789807

KEYWORDS: Stars, Spectrographs, Planets, Telescopes, Calibration, Exoplanets, Mirrors, Infrared radiation, Sensors, CCD cameras

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Proceedings Article | 29 June 2006 Paper

ELT instrument concepts: impact on telescope and adaptive optics design

Colin Cunningham, Eli Atad-Ettadgui, Roland Bacon, Bernhard Brandl, Jean-Gabriel Cuby, Gavin Dalton, William Dent, Sandro D'Odorico, Ian Egan, Chris Evans, Francois Hammer, Norbert Hubin, Pascal Jagourel, Marcus Kasper, Florian Kerber, Rainer Lenzen, Iciar Montilla, Gil Moretto, Simon Morris, Luca Pasquini, Eric Prieto, Andreas Quirrenbach, Michael Redfern, Oliver Ryan, Mel Strachan, Christophe Verinaud

Proceedings Volume 6269, 62691R (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671274

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Imaging spectroscopy, Spectroscopy, Imaging systems, Mirrors, Planets, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 23 June 2006 Paper

VISTA: project status

Alistair McPherson, Andrew Born, Will Sutherland, Jim Emerson, Bryan Little, Paul Jeffers, Malcolm Stewart, John Murray, Kim Ward

Proceedings Volume 6267, 626707 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671352

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Cameras, Mirrors, Infrared cameras, Sensors, Coating, Manufacturing, Infrared telescopes, Control systems, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 22 June 2006 Paper

Systems engineering in practice: can rigour and creativity co-exist?

Hermine Schnetler, Philip Rees, Ian Egan

Proceedings Volume 6271, 62710G (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670234

KEYWORDS: Systems engineering, Systems modeling, 3D modeling, 3D image processing, Software development, Astronomy, Process engineering, Control systems, Optical instrument design, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 2 May 2005 Paper

M1 and M2 mirrors manufacturing for VISTA telescope

Magomed Abdulkadyrov, Alexandr Ignatov, Vladimir Patrikeev, Vitaliy Pridnya, Andrey Polyanchikov, Alexandr Semenov, Yury Sharov, Eli Atad-Ettedgui, Ian Egan, Richard Bennet, Simon Craig

Proceedings Volume 10315, 103150Z (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.605955

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Manufacturing, Telescopes, Infrared telescopes, Visible radiation, Infrared astronomy, Infrared radiation, Astronomical telescopes, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2004 Paper

M1 and M2 mirrors manufacturing for VISTA telescope

Magomed Abdulkadyrov, Alexandr Ignatov, Vladimir Patrikeev, Vitaliy Pridnya, Andrey Polyanchikov, Alexandr Semenov, Yury Sharov, Eli Atad-Ettedgui, Ian Egan, Richard Bennett, Simon Craig

Proceedings Volume 5494, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.553006

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Manufacturing, Telescopes, Wavefronts, Optical spheres, Optics manufacturing, Infrared telescopes, Surface finishing, Tolerancing, Optical testing

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 2004 Paper

Systems engineering: application to VISTA design

Andrew Born, Ian Egan

Proceedings Volume 5497, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551220

KEYWORDS: Systems engineering, Manufacturing, Astronomy, Telescopes, Interfaces, Matrices, Design for manufacturability, Image quality, Control systems, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 4 February 2003 Paper

From 250 to 90 tons: systems engineering in the VISTA conceptual design development

Simon Craig, Eli Atad-Ettedgui, Mark Casali, Richard Bennett, Ian Egan, Brian Stobie, Stefano Stanghellini, Will Sutherland

Proceedings Volume 4837, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458233

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Cameras, Infrared cameras, Systems engineering, Mirrors, Image quality, Infrared imaging, Infrared telescopes, Control systems, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 24 December 2002 Paper

Vista IR camera: conceptual design

Ian Egan, Eli Atad-Ettedgui, Mark Casali, Simon Craig, Maureen Ellis, Peter Hastings, David Henry, Ken Laidlaw, John Murray, Malcom Stewart, Will Sutherland

Proceedings Volume 4836, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458116

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Infrared cameras, Cameras, Telescopes, Mirrors, Infrared telescopes, Wavefront sensors, Infrared sensors, Astronomy, Cryogenics

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