SOAR telescope operation in the LSST era: real-time follow-up on large scales

Jonathan H. Elias; Cesar Briceño

doi:10.1117/12.2233080

15 July 2016 SOAR telescope operation in the LSST era: real-time follow-up on large scales

Jonathan H. Elias, Cesar Briceño

Proceedings Volume 9910, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems VI; 99100W (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233080
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

The SOAR telescope will be well situated, both in terms of location and aperture, to follow up on the stream of brighter transient events generated by the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). A critical aspect is that the operation is less likely to be responding to occasional targets of opportunity, and more likely to be responding to a continuing flow of events that must be efficiently prioritized and observed. We discuss the implications for observatory operations, including potential modifications to the telescope itself or to the instrument suite. Representative “use cases” are described to assist in putting potential operational modes into context.

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Jonathan H. Elias and Cesar Briceño "SOAR telescope operation in the LSST era: real-time follow-up on large scales", Proc. SPIE 9910, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems VI, 99100W (15 July 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233080

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