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Annie Kirby

at Las Cumbres Observatory

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

An upgraded 0.4-meter telescope fleet for Las Cumbres Observatory’s educational and science programs

Daniel-Rolf Harbeck, Brook Taylor, Annie Kirby, Mark Bowman, Steve Foale, Kal Kadlec, Curtis McCully, Matthew Daily, Jon De Vera, Dave Douglas, Mark Willis, Ian Baker, Nikolaus Volgenau, Patrick Conway, Brian Haworth, Jesus Estrada, Edward Gomez, Sandy Seale, Alice Hopkinson, Fernando Rios, Prerana Kotapali, Lisa Storrie-Lombardi, Wayne Rosing

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130963H (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3014719

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Cameras, Sensors, Observatories, Optical filters, Camera shutters, CMOS sensors, CMOS cameras

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Proceedings Article | 25 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Las Cumbres Observatory: preparing for second decade operations

L. J. Storrie-Lombardi, M. Bowman, D. Harbeck, B. Haworth, A. Kirby, W. M. Lindstrom, C. McCully, J. Nation, R. A. Street, N. H. Volgenau

Proceedings Volume 12186, 121860I (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630470

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Telescopes, Astronomy, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Climate change, Efficient operations, Robotic systems

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Proceedings Article | 25 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

How we completed major maintenance and new installations at Las Cumbres Observatory during the COVID-19 pandemic

Daniel Harbeck, Annie Kirby, Nikolaus Volgenau, Mark Elphick, Lisa Storrie-Lombardi, Todd Henderson, Brook Taylor, Patrick Conway, Mark Bowman, Fernando Rios, Akihiko Fukui, Norio Narita

Proceedings Volume 12186, 1218618 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630273

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Observatories, Cameras, Spectrographs, Robotics, Safety, Cooling systems

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Proceedings Article | 25 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Informing observatory operations with accessible telemetry and automated performance metrics

Daniel Harbeck, Annie Kirby, Lindy Lindstrom, Nikolaus Volgenau, Mark Bowman

Proceedings Volume 12186, 1218611 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630447

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Cameras, Observatories, Mirrors, Spectrographs, CCD cameras, Databases, Sensors, Robotics, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Las Cumbres Observatory's end-to-end operations workflow

N. Volgenau, M. Bowman, P. Conway, B. Haworth, E. Heinrich-Josties, A. Kirby, S. Rettinger, A. Riba

Proceedings Volume 11449, 1144907 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561964

KEYWORDS: Lanthanum, Telescopes, Observatories, Observational astronomy, Astronomy, Computing systems, Yield improvement, Process modeling

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

MuSCAT3: a 4-color simultaneous camera for the 2m Faulkes Telescope North

Norio Narita, Akihiko Fukui, Tomoyasu Yamamuro, Daniel Harbeck, Mark Bowman, Mark Elphick, Jon Nation, J.D. Armstrong, Jacqueline Han, Shunichi Abe, Masahiro Ikoma, Keisuke Isogai, Kiyoe Kawauchi, Seiya Kurita, Nobuhiko Kusakabe, Jerome de Leon, John Livingston, Mayuko Mori, Taku Nishiumi, Motohide Tamura, Noriharu Watanabe, Nikolaus Volgenau, Elisabeth Heinrich-Josties, Steve Foale, Matt Daily, Curtis McCully, Annie Kirby, Cary Smith, Brian Haworth, Patrick Conway, Lisa Storrie-Lombardi, Wayne Rosing, Joey Chatelain, Etienne Bachelet, Marshall Johnson, Markus Rabus

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114475K (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2559947

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Cameras, Mirrors, Liquid crystal on silicon, Relays, Exoplanets, Lanthanum, Observatories, CCD cameras, Manufacturing

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

NRES: the network of robotic echelle spectrographs

Robert Siverd, Timothy Brown, Stuart Barnes, Mark Bowman, Jon De Vera, Stephen Foale, Daniel-Rolf Harbeck, Todd Henderson, John Hygelund, Annie Kirby, Curtis McCully, Jon Nation, Cary Smith, Brook Taylor, Joseph Tufts

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107026C (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312800

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Calibration, Stars, Lamps, Robotics, Charge-coupled devices, Sensors, Exoplanets, Mirrors

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