Title :
A distributed control system for a radio telescope with six-meter hexapod mount
Author :
Jiang, Homin ; Kesteven, Michael ; Wilson, Warwick ; Li, Chao-Te ; Hiroaki, Nishioka ; Chen, Ming-Tang ; Huang, Ted ; Koch, Patrick ; Chang, Joshua ; Kubo, Derek
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Astron. & Astrophys., Acad. Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
We report the operation and control system of the array for microwave background anisotropy (AMIBA), a radio astronomical telescope which has been completed and operating smoothly on the summit of Mauna Loa, Hawaii since 2005. The telescope mount with six meters diameter is the largest steward platform ever employed for astronomical purposes.
Keywords :
distributed control; radiotelescopes; array for microwave background anisotropy; distributed control system; radio astronomical telescope; six-meter hexapod mount; Astrophysics; Automatic control; Communication system control; Control systems; Correlators; Distributed control; Optical control; Optical receivers; Radio astronomy; Telescopes;
Conference_Titel :
Control and Automation, 2009. ICCA 2009. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Christchurch
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4706-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4707-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICCA.2009.5410319
