Dr. Gerald N. Cecil Profile

Dr. Gerald N. Cecil

at Univ of North Carolina/Chapel Hill

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Publications (8)

Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

The SOAR telescope atmospheric dispersion corrector

César Briceño, Steve Heathcote, Gerald Cecil, Darragh O'Donoghue, Roberto Tighe, Patricio Schurter, Manuel Martínez, Rolando Cantarruti, Omar Estay

Proceedings Volume 10700, 107003Z (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314026

KEYWORDS: Prisms, Telescopes, Sol-gels, Control systems, Reflectivity, Atmospheric optics, Silica, Spectroscopy, Spectrographs, Coating

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

Towards a spectroscopic survey of one hundred thousand spatially resolved galaxies with Hector

Jon Lawrence, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, David Brown, Julia Bryant, Gerald Cecil, Robert Content, Scott Croom, Luke Gers, Peter Gillingham, Samuel Richards, Will Saunders, Nick Staszak

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91476Y (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055734

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Galactic astronomy, Sensors, Optical design, Cameras, Spherical lenses, Robots, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 20 July 2010 Paper

Hexabundles: imaging fibre arrays for low-light astronomical applications

Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Julia Bryant, Gordon Robertson, Peter Gillingham, John O'Byrne, Gerald Cecil, Roger Haynes, Scott Croom, Simon Ellis, Martin Maack, Peter Skovgaard, Danny Noordegraf

Proceedings Volume 7735, 773541 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856345

KEYWORDS: Cladding, Spectrographs, Etching, Astronomy, Telescopes, Glasses, Galactic astronomy, Polishing, Imaging arrays, Multimode fibers

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 2004 Paper

SOAR remote observing: tactics and early results

Gerald Cecil, J. Adam Crain

Proceedings Volume 5493, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550613

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Virtual colonoscopy, Video, LabVIEW, Telescopes, Image compression, Cameras, LCDs, Gemini Observatory, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 27 November 2002 Paper

Remote use of the SOAR 4.25m telescope with LabVIEW

Gerald Cecil, Adam Crain, German Schumacher

Proceedings Volume 4845, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.456615

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, LabVIEW, Control systems, Astronomical telescopes, Astronomy, Fiber reinforced polymers, Lithium, Detector arrays, Computing systems

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Proceedings Article | 16 August 2000 Paper

First generation instruments for the SOAR 4.25-m telescope

Gerald Cecil

Proceedings Volume 4008, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.395541

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectroscopy, Space telescopes, Imaging systems, Calibration, Adaptive optics, Sensors, Gemini Observatory, LabVIEW, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 25 August 1998 Paper

SOAR Telescope Project: a four-meter telescope focused on image quality

Thomas Sebring, Gerald Cecil, Gilberto Moretto

Proceedings Volume 3352, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.319314

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Space telescopes, Image quality, Gemini Observatory, Control systems, Optical instrument design, Sensors, Infrared telescopes, Adaptive optics, Cameras

Proceedings Article | 1 July 1990 Paper

Hawaii imaging Fabry-Perot interferometers

Jonathan Bland, R. Brent Tully, Gerald Cecil

Proceedings Volume 1235, (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19122

KEYWORDS: Fabry–Perot interferometers, Sensors, Charge-coupled devices, Astronomy, Imaging systems, Telescopes, Fabry–Perot interferometry, CCD image sensors, Optical filters, Infrared radiation

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