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

SQM-LE   SHABAR

  XO Cameras   Canary Islands Long-Baseline

Observatory AMOS-CI AStMon

9 Taiwan Automated Telescope 10 X 8 Qatar Exoplanet Survey

11 TIZON 20 Automatic Seeing Monitor (DIMMA) 30 EARTHSHINE 35 Bradford Robotic Telescope

40 X 2 Optical Telescope Array 40 x 2 LCOGT 40 X 2 MASTER

45 X 2, 40-30-17 MAGEC 50 MONS 70 Vacuum Tower Telescope 80 IAC-80 90 THEMIS 100 SONG 100 Optical Ground Station

120 X 2 STELLA 150 GREGOR

155 Carlos Sánchez Telescope

  QUIJOTE I – II

  Laboratorio Solar: Mark-I, GONG, TAT

ø cm TELESCOPE SuperWASP

SQM-LE

  SHABAR

  Canary Islands Long-Baseline Observatory AMOS-CI

20 Automatic Seeing Monitor (DIMMA)

30 Automatic Seeing Monitor (DIMMA)

45 Dutch Open Telescope

97 Swedish Solar Tower

100 Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope

100 Super-WASP Qatar Follow-up Telescope

120 Mercator Telescope

200 Liverpool Telescope

250 Isaac Newton Telescope

256 Nordic Optical Telescope

340 First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope

350 Telescopio Nazionale Galileo

420 William Herschel Telescope

1 050 Gran Telescopio Canarias

1 700 Cherenkov MAGIC I y II

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, …

�  Obs Roque: �  JKT + (CT, Kit Peak) - Fully controlled -- in operation

�  WHT - Fully controlled -- pending agreement �  GTC - Ongoing

CRONOS: Available telescopes

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

SQM-LE   SHABAR

  XO Cameras   Canary Islands Long-Baseline

Observatory AMOS-CI AStMon

9 Taiwan Automated Telescope 10 X 8 Qatar Exoplanet Survey

11 TIZON 20 Automatic Seeing Monitor (DIMMA) 30 EARTHSHINE 35 Bradford Robotic Telescope

40 X 2 Optical Telescope Array 40 x 2 LCOGT 40 X 2 MASTER

45 X 2, 40-30-17 MAGEC 50 MONS 70 Vacuum Tower Telescope 80 IAC-80 90 THEMIS 100 SONG 100 Optical Ground Station

120 X 2 STELLA 150 GREGOR

155 Carlos Sánchez Telescope

  QUIJOTE I – II

  Laboratorio Solar: Mark-I, GONG, TAT

ø cm TELESCOPE SuperWASP

SQM-LE

  SHABAR

  Canary Islands Long-Baseline Observatory AMOS-CI

20 Automatic Seeing Monitor (DIMMA)

30 Automatic Seeing Monitor (DIMMA)

45 Dutch Open Telescope

97 Swedish Solar Tower

100 Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope

100 Super-WASP Qatar Follow-up Telescope

120 Mercator Telescope

200 Liverpool Telescope

250 Isaac Newton Telescope

256 Nordic Optical Telescope

340 First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope

350 Telescopio Nazionale Galileo

420 William Herschel Telescope

1 050 Gran Telescopio Canarias

1 700 Cherenkov MAGIC I y II

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

Universal OB Service Mode Queue Mode Observations

Support Astronomers

Team

Software development

Reinforcing SA group

CAT Changes

�  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

CRONOS: Motivation as a whole

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