Understanding the risk of unattended nighttime operations at W. M. Keck Observatory

Gajadhar, Sarah; Jordan, Carolyn E.; Stomski, Paul J.

doi:10.1117/12.2311418

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“…In 2008, the UH88 was the first telescope on Maunakea to switch to full remote observing followed by UKIRT in 2010, 23 CFHT in 2011 24,25 and Gemini North in 2015/2016 (known as Base Facility Operation, BFO, 26 ). Keck has also begun investigating the the process to switch over to Unattended Night Operations (UNO 27,28 ).…”

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Implementing remote observing at the JCMT

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Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems VIII

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The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) is the largest single dish telescope in the world focused on submillimeter astronomy -and it remains at the forefront of sub-millimeter discovery space. JCMT continues its push for higher efficiency and greater science impact with a switch to fully remote operation. This switch to remote operations occurred on November 1st 2019. The switch to remote operations should be recognized to be part of a decade long process involving incremental changes leading to Extended Observing -observing beyond the classical night shift -and eventually to full remote operations. The success of Remote Observing is indicated in the number of productive hours and continued low fault rate from before and after the switch.

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