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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 .
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