CRONOS: An integrated view of the Observatorios de Canarias ICTSs

CRONOS: An integrated view of the Observatorios de Canarias ICTSs

CRONOS: An integrated
view of the Observatorios
de Canarias ICTSs
Enric Palle, Alex Oscoz, Joan Font, et al.
SpaceTec CM, RIA, Madrid, 10 February 2016
The OOCC
ø cm
TELESCOPE
SQM-LE
SHABAR
XO Cameras
Canary Islands Long-Baseline
Observatory
AMOS-CI
AStMon
9
Taiwan Automated Telescope
10 X 8
Qatar Exoplanet Survey
11
TIZON
20
Automatic Seeing Monitor (DIMMA)
30
EARTHSHINE
35
Bradford Robotic Telescope
40 X 2
Optical Telescope Array
40 x 2
LCOGT
40 X 2
MASTER
45 X 2, 40-30-17 MAGEC
50
MONS
70
Vacuum Tower Telescope
80
IAC-80
90
THEMIS
100
SONG
100
Optical Ground Station
120 X 2
STELLA
150
GREGOR
155
Carlos Sánchez Telescope
QUIJOTE I – II
Laboratorio Solar: Mark-I, GONG,
TAT
ø cm
TELESCOPE
SuperWASP
SQM-LE
SHABAR
Canary Islands Long-Baseline
Observatory
AMOS-CI
20
Automatic Seeing Monitor (DIMMA)
30
Automatic Seeing Monitor (DIMMA)
45
Dutch Open Telescope
97
Swedish Solar Tower
100
120
Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope
Super-WASP Qatar Follow-up
Telescope
Mercator Telescope
200
Liverpool Telescope
250
Isaac Newton Telescope
256
Nordic Optical Telescope
340
First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope
350
Telescopio Nazionale Galileo
420
William Herschel Telescope
100
1 050
Gran Telescopio Canarias
1 700
Cherenkov MAGIC I y II
Decadal Planning
—  Are these telescopes used at their maximum
capacity?
—  Are the synergies exploited properly?
—  What about 1-2 decades from now at the ELTs era:
Will they remain competitive?
—  How?
—  New Instrumentation and
dedication
—  Working concept
CRONOS: What is it?
—  CRONOS: Sala Control Remoto de los
Observatorios astroNomicOs de canariaS
—  Idea: A centralized control and coordination of
all the observatories, both OT and ORM
—  And some further away…
—  A project started in summer 2015
CRONOS: What is it?
—  Remote ≠ Robotic
—  Either duplicating computer capabilities at
CRONOS
—  Remote connections such as VNC
CRONOS: The looks
CRONOS: Available telescopes
—  Obs Teide:
— 
— 
— 
— 
IAC80 - Fully controlled -- in operation
TCS
- Fully controlled -- in operation
Gregor - Ongoing
Plus: DIMMAs, QUIJOTE, Earthshine, …
CRONOS: Available telescopes
—  Obs Roque:
—  JKT + (CT, Kit Peak) - Fully controlled -- in operation
—  WHT - Fully controlled -- pending agreement
—  GTC - Ongoing
CRONOS: NEXT Available
telescopes
—  Obs Teide:
—  OGS
—  Integrate already remote telescopes: Stella, SONG,
LCOGT, MASTER, MAGEC, QES (monitoring)
—  Obs Roque:
— 
— 
— 
— 
TNG
NOT
Mercator
INT (HARPS3)
The OOCC
ø cm
TELESCOPE
SQM-LE
SHABAR
XO Cameras
Canary Islands Long-Baseline
Observatory
AMOS-CI
AStMon
9
Taiwan Automated Telescope
10 X 8
Qatar Exoplanet Survey
11
TIZON
20
Automatic Seeing Monitor (DIMMA)
30
EARTHSHINE
35
Bradford Robotic Telescope
40 X 2
Optical Telescope Array
40 x 2
LCOGT
40 X 2
MASTER
45 X 2, 40-30-17 MAGEC
50
MONS
70
Vacuum Tower Telescope
80
IAC-80
90
THEMIS
100
SONG
100
Optical Ground Station
120 X 2
STELLA
150
GREGOR
155
Carlos Sánchez Telescope
QUIJOTE I – II
Laboratorio Solar: Mark-I, GONG,
TAT
ø cm
TELESCOPE
SuperWASP
SQM-LE
SHABAR
Canary Islands Long-Baseline
Observatory
AMOS-CI
20
Automatic Seeing Monitor (DIMMA)
30
Automatic Seeing Monitor (DIMMA)
45
Dutch Open Telescope
97
Swedish Solar Tower
100
120
Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope
Super-WASP Qatar Follow-up
Telescope
Mercator Telescope
200
Liverpool Telescope
250
Isaac Newton Telescope
256
Nordic Optical Telescope
340
First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope
350
Telescopio Nazionale Galileo
420
William Herschel Telescope
100
1 050
Gran Telescopio Canarias
1 700
Cherenkov MAGIC I y II
CRONOS: Motivation single
telescope
—  Budget: Travel and accommodation (observers + SA +
technicians)
—  Time: No need to travel
—  Comfort (productivity): No travel, easy commuting
—  Teaching: Supervisor plus students
—  Community building: Travel to IAC, talks and discussion
—  Sharing: More than one user per night
—  Managing resources: SA+TOT single room
CRONOS: Motivation as a whole
Integrated
Center
Support
Astronomers
Team
Universal OB
Service Mode
Queue Mode
Observations
Software
development
Reinforcing
SA group
CAT Changes
CRONOS: Motivation as a whole
—  TIME SAVING:
—  Single proposal to multiple telescopes multiple semesters
—  Reduced observing for proposers
—  FEASIBILITY:
—  Very large (or small) programs requiring many hours
—  Time-separated monitoring observations
—  Low priority program that serve as fillers, which might
otherwise never become a reality
—  Integrated OBs that last until executed
—  Maximize the use of the telescopes
—  Institutional contributions
Conclusions
—  CRONOS is becoming a
reality in the OOCC
—  Almost all nighttime
telescopes remotely
controlled within ≈ 2
years
—  Profound implications
for approved observing
programs and their
execution mode