Dr. Carel H. D. R. van Gend Profile

Dr. Carel H. D. R. van Gend

Senior Software Developer at South African Astronomical Observatory

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Publications (8)

Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

Instrumentation at the SAAO for autonomous rapid-response observing

Nicolas Erasmus, Stephen Potter, Carel H.D. van Gend, Egan Loubser, Kathryn Rosie, Keegan Titus, Sunil Chandra, Hannah Worters, Hitesh Gajjar, Moloko Hlakola, Roufurd Julie

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130968K (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3015250

KEYWORDS: Equipment, Telescopes, Observatories, Cameras, Imaging systems, Spectrographs

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SPIE Journal Paper | 27 April 2024

Mookodi: multi-purpose low-resolution spectrograph and multi-filter photometric imager for rapid follow-up observations of astronomical transient events

Nicolas Erasmus, Iain Steele, Andrzej Piascik, Stuart Bates, Christopher Mottram, Kathryn Rosie, Carel H. D. van Gend, Ulrich Geen, Magaretha L. Pretorius, Stephen Potter, Egan Loubser, Willie Koorts, Hitesh Gajjar, Keegan Titus, Hannah Worters, Amanda Sickafoose, Sunil Chandra, James E. O’Connor, Kgothatso Matlala, Justine Crook-Mansour, Ali Ranjbar, Robert Smith, Helen Jermak, Shalom Abiodun, Okwudili Egbo

JATIS, Vol. 10, Issue 02, 025005, (April 2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.10.2.025005

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Equipment, Spectrographs, Tunable filters, Cameras, Stars, Imaging systems, Sensors, Optical filters, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Software architecture of the Intelligent Observatory Local Control Unit

Carel H De R van Gend, Stephen Potter, Roufurd Julie, Paul Swart, Nicolas Erasmus, Hannah Worters, Sunil Chandra, Kgothatso Matlala

Proceedings Volume 12189, 121890R (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629978

KEYWORDS: Telescope instrument control software, Telescopes, Observatories, Computer architecture, Control systems, Information operations, Domes, Stars, Human-machine interfaces, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Design of telescope and instrument control and interface software at the South African Astronomical Observatory: building blocks of the intelligent observatory

Carel H. D. van Gend, Amanda Sickafoose, Stephen Potter, Briehan Lombaard, Pieter Swanevelder, Hitesh Gajjar, Hannah Worters, Willie Koorts, Keegan Titus, Craig Sass, Egan Loubser, Nicolas Erasmus, James O'Connor, Ramotholo Sefako, Roufurd Julie, Freya Bovim

Proceedings Volume 11452, 1145206 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562161

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Observatories, Astronomical telescopes, Astronomy, Optical instrument design, Control systems, Software development, Computer architecture, Large telescopes, Cameras

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SPIE Journal Paper | 14 May 2019

SpUpNIC (Spectrograph Upgrade: Newly Improved Cassegrain): a versatile and efficient low- to medium-resolution, long-slit spectrograph on the South African Astronomical Observatory’s 1.9-m telescope

Lisa Crause, David Gilbank, Carel van Gend, Hannah Worters, Craig Sass, Enrico Kotze, Stephen Potter, Amanda Sickafoose, Ramotholo Sefako, John Southworth, Lucas Macri, John Thorstensen, Cezary Galan, Patricia Skelton, Chris Engelbrecht, Ian Braker, Hartmut Winkler, Daniel Pieńkowski, Derya Sürgit, Ahmet Erdem, Matt Burleigh

JATIS, Vol. 5, Issue 02, 024007, (May 2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.5.2.024007

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Cameras, Telescopes, Stars, Astronomy, Charge-coupled devices, Lamps, Mirrors, Astronomical telescopes, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Design and results for the SAAO wide-field nasmyth camera

Pieter Swanevelder, Dave Carter, James O'Connor, Hannah Worters, Willie Koorts, Briehan Lombaard, Egan Loubser, Keegan Titus, Carel van Gend, Michael Rust, Craig Sass, Hitesh Gajjar, Amanda Sickafoose, A. N. Ramaprakash, Pravin Chordia, Mahesh Burse, Sujit Punnadi, Bhushan Joshi, Sakya Sinha

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107022K (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312540

KEYWORDS: Camera shutters, Charge-coupled devices, Cameras, Telescopes, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

SpUpNIC (Spectrograph Upgrade: Newly Improved Cassegrain) on the South African Astronomical Observatory's 74-inch telescope

Lisa Crause, Dave Carter, Alroy Daniels, Geoff Evans, Piet Fourie, David Gilbank, Malcolm Hendricks, Willie Koorts, Deon Lategan, Egan Loubser, Sharon Mouries, James O'Connor, Darragh O'Donoghue, Stephen Potter, Craig Sass, Amanda Sickafoose, John Stoffels, Pieter Swanevelder, Keegan Titus, Carel van Gend, Martin Visser, Hannah Worters

Proceedings Volume 9908, 990827 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2230818

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Cameras, Collimators, Mirrors, Telescopes, Diffraction gratings, Charge-coupled devices, Spectrographs, Cameras, Collimators, Diffraction gratings, Lamps, Optical alignment, CCD cameras

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Proceedings Article | 26 July 2016 Paper

The South African Astronomical Observatory instrumentation software architecture and the SHOC instruments

Carel van Gend, Briehan Lombaard, Amanda Sickafoose, Hamish Whittal

Proceedings Volume 9913, 99130R (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231403

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Human-machine interfaces, Computer architecture, Software development, Observatories, Cameras, Computer architecture, Observatories, Cameras, Astronomy, Global Positioning System, Computer programming, C++

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