Robotic control of a photometric telescope

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dc.contributor.advisorWhitelock, Patricia Aen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorMartinez, Peteren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan Heerden, Hendrik Petrusen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-05T07:06:37Z
dc.date.available2015-01-05T07:06:37Z
dc.date.issued2011en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this project was to design and implement the telescope control software for the Alan Cousins Telescope (ACT), a robotic telescope at the Sutherland, South Africa, site of the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO). The approach adopted involved a high level of modularisation of the software and the use of software simulators in an effort to foster rapid software development and enable more rigorous software testing. Significant attention was also paid to new and emerging technologies and how these may be used within the specific context of robotic telescope control software. The software now acts as a demonstration platform for those technologies that were implemented.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationVan Heerden, H. P. (2011). <i>Robotic control of a photometric telescope</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Astronomy. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11399en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationVan Heerden, Hendrik Petrus. <i>"Robotic control of a photometric telescope."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Astronomy, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11399en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan Heerden, H. 2011. Robotic control of a photometric telescope. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Van Heerden, Hendrik Petrus AB - The objective of this project was to design and implement the telescope control software for the Alan Cousins Telescope (ACT), a robotic telescope at the Sutherland, South Africa, site of the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO). The approach adopted involved a high level of modularisation of the software and the use of software simulators in an effort to foster rapid software development and enable more rigorous software testing. Significant attention was also paid to new and emerging technologies and how these may be used within the specific context of robotic telescope control software. The software now acts as a demonstration platform for those technologies that were implemented. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - Robotic control of a photometric telescope TI - Robotic control of a photometric telescope UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11399 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11399
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationVan Heerden HP. Robotic control of a photometric telescope. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Astronomy, 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11399en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Astronomyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherAstronomyen_ZA
dc.titleRobotic control of a photometric telescopeen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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