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(Quasi-)Remote Observing
Pros● Travel Cost● Transit Time● Scheduling Flexibility● Increase faculty &
students participation
Cons● Telescope Separation
anxiety● Increase involvement
of observatory staff● Data transfer
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(Quasi-)Remote Observing
Requirements● Instrument/Science-Program independent● Communication
– Real time instrument control– Field acquisition
● Real time, local access to “science critical” data
● No decrease in observing efficiency
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A Test Case(How not to let an earth quake get in your way of science)
●9 slit positions●Diffuse object, no point sources●Variable, unknown exposure times
–emission lines with 3 dex range in intensity
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Observing with MagE
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Remote Instrument Computer Desktop
Automated Local Data Display
Automated Data Transfer
IRAF
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Observing with MIKE
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Conclusions●Remote participation with Skype-desktop sharing - limited but extremely useful
–Skype proved very stable●Remote desktop control using Mac screen sharing - demonstrated to work in real time
●VNC – Basis for Mac screen sharing, but requires additional software at LCO
●Local access to “science critical” in real time demonstrated WITH OUT loss of efficency