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 ø cm TELESCOPE SQM-LE SuperWASP SHABAR SQM-LE

XO Cameras SHABAR Canary Islands Long-Baseline Canary Islands Long-Baseline

Observatory Observatory AMOS-CI AMOS-CI AStMon 9 Taiwan Automated Telescope 20 Automatic Seeing Monitor (DIMMA) 10 X 8 Qatar Exoplanet Survey 30 Automatic Seeing Monitor (DIMMA) 11 TIZON 45 Dutch Open Telescope 20 Automatic Seeing Monitor (DIMMA) 30 EARTHSHINE 97 Swedish Solar Tower 35 Bradford Robotic Telescope 100 Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope Super-WASP Qatar Follow-up 40 X 2 Optical Telescope Array 100 40 x 2 LCOGT Telescope 40 X 2 MASTER 120 Mercator Telescope 45 X 2, 40-30-17 MAGEC 200 Liverpool Telescope 50 MONS 250 Isaac Newton Telescope 70 Vacuum Tower Telescope 256 Nordic Optical Telescope 80 IAC-80 90 THEMIS 340 First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope 100 SONG 350 Telescopio Nazionale Galileo 100 Optical Ground Station 420 William Herschel Telescope 120 X 2 STELLA 1 050 Gran Telescopio Canarias 150 GREGOR 1 700 Cherenkov MAGIC I y II 155 Carlos Sánchez Telescope QUIJOTE I – II Laboratorio Solar: Mark-I, GONG,

TAT 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 ø cm TELESCOPE SQM-LE SuperWASP SHABAR SQM-LE

XO Cameras SHABAR Canary Islands Long-Baseline Canary Islands Long-Baseline

Observatory Observatory AMOS-CI AMOS-CI AStMon 9 Taiwan Automated Telescope 20 Automatic Seeing Monitor (DIMMA) 10 X 8 Qatar Exoplanet Survey 30 Automatic Seeing Monitor (DIMMA) 11 TIZON 45 Dutch Open Telescope 20 Automatic Seeing Monitor (DIMMA) 30 EARTHSHINE 97 Swedish Solar Tower 35 Bradford Robotic Telescope 100 Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope Super-WASP Qatar Follow-up 40 X 2 Optical Telescope Array 100 40 x 2 LCOGT Telescope 40 X 2 MASTER 120 Mercator Telescope 45 X 2, 40-30-17 MAGEC 200 Liverpool Telescope 50 MONS 250 Isaac Newton Telescope 70 Vacuum Tower Telescope 256 Nordic Optical Telescope 80 IAC-80 90 THEMIS 340 First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope 100 SONG 350 Telescopio Nazionale Galileo 100 Optical Ground Station 420 William Herschel Telescope 120 X 2 STELLA 1 050 Gran Telescopio Canarias 150 GREGOR 1 700 Cherenkov MAGIC I y II 155 Carlos Sánchez Telescope QUIJOTE I – II Laboratorio Solar: Mark-I, GONG,

TAT 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

Queue Mode Universal OB Service Mode Observations

Software Reinforcing CAT Changes development SA group 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