Software Systems for Astronomy
This book covers the use and development of software for astronomy. It describes the control systems used to point the telescope and operate its cameras and spectrographs, as well as the web-based tools used to plan those observations. In addition, the&nb
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Albert R. Conrad
Software Systems for Astronomy
SpringerBriefs in Astronomy
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Albert R. Conrad
Software Systems for Astronomy
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Albert R. Conrad Kamuela, HI USA
ISSN 2191-9100 ISBN 978-1-4614-7057-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-7058-8
ISSN 2191-9119 (electronic) ISBN 978-1-4614-7058-8 (eBook)
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Acknowledgments
My special thanks go to my father, Albert Conrad, Sr., for his support throughout my career and most recently for proofreading this text. I also wish to thank my mother, Florence, and my two sisters, Heather and Margie. Thanks Margie for pushing me to quit stalling on this book. Also, thanks to Maury Solomon of Springer for believing in the project from beginning to end. The list of colleagues who taught me all I know about big telescopes and the software that runs them includes: Bob Kibrick and his team at Lick Observatory; John Cromer at CalTech; all my colleagues at Keck Observatory, including Bob Goodrich, Randy Campbell, Greg Wirth, Al Honey, Liz Chock, and Kevin Tsubota; Bill Merline of Southwest Research Institute; Imke de Pat
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