论文标题
开发GOTO望远镜控制系统
Developing the GOTO telescope control system
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论文摘要
重力波光瞬态观察者（GOTO）是一个宽阔的望远镜项目，旨在检测到引力波源的光学对应物。 GOTO望远镜控制系统（G-TECS）是一个自主管理goto望远镜硬件和夜间操作的定制机器人控制系统。自从2017年对La Palma的Goto Protipe进行调试以来，控制系统的开发一直集中在警报处理和调度系统上。这些允许Goto接收和处理瞬态警报，然后安排并进行观察，而无需人工参与。最终，Goto最终将在La Palma和澳大利亚的南部地点上包括多个望远镜阵列。完成后，这些安装座将链接到形成单个多站点天文台，需要更先进的调度系统来最好地优化调查和后续观察。
The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) is a wide-field telescope project focused on detecting optical counterparts to gravitational-wave sources. The GOTO Telescope Control System (G-TeCS) is a custom robotic control system which autonomously manages the GOTO telescope hardware and nightly operations. Since the commissioning the GOTO prototype on La Palma in 2017, development of the control system has focused on the alert handling and scheduling systems. These allow GOTO to receive and process transient alerts and then schedule and carry out observations, all without the need for human involvement. GOTO is ultimately anticipated to include multiple telescope arrays on independent mounts, both on La Palma and at a southern site in Australia. When complete these mounts will be linked to form a single multi-site observatory, requiring more advanced scheduling systems to best optimise survey and follow-up observations.
