Mr. Stewart McLay Profile

Stewart McLay

at European Southern Observatory

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Publications (11)

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Unifying the deployment of ALMA's end user applications at its regional centers using a distributed infrastructure

Álvaro Aguirre, Víctor González, Lidia Dominguez-Faus, Stewart McLay, Alisdair Manning, Eisuke Morita, Yohei Hayashi, Tom Booth, C. Allen

Proceedings Volume 12189, 1218907 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630220

KEYWORDS: Data archive systems, Information technology, Observatories, Databases, Control systems, Data centers, Binary data, Visibility, Standards development, Java

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Proceedings Article | 7 August 2014 Paper

Assembly and test results of the AOF laser guide star units at ESO

W. Hackenberg, D. Bonaccini Calia, B. Buzzoni, M. Comin, C. Dupuy, F. Gago, I. Guidolin, R. Guzman, R. Holzloehner, L. Kern, J. Kirchbauer, S. Lewis, J. Lizon, S. McLay, T. Pfrommer, M. Quattri, J. Quentin, R. Ridings

Proceedings Volume 9148, 91483O (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057167

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Laser guide stars, Interfaces, Calibration, Adaptive optics, Wavefronts, Temperature metrology, Camera shutters, Lasers

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

NAOMI: a new adaptive optics module for interferometry

Emmanuel Aller-Carpentier, Reinhold Dorn, Francoise Delplancke-Stroebele, Jérome Paufique, Luigi Andolfato, Christophe Dupuy, Enrico Fedrigo, Philippe Gitton, Paul Jolley, Paul Lilley, Miska Le Louarn, Than Duc, Andrew Rakich, Javier Reyes, Robert Ridings, Julien Woillez, Enrico Marchetti, Marcos Suarez Valles, Christian Schmid, Norbert Hubin, Jean-Philippe Berger, Jutta Quentin, Bernard-Alexis Delabre, Stewart McLay, Luca Pasquini

Proceedings Volume 9146, 91461C (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054730

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Interferometry, Wavefront sensors, Astatine, Stars, Sensors, Mirrors, Cameras, Real-time computing

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

The ALMA OT in early science: supporting multiple customers

Alan Bridger, Stewart Williams, Stewart McLay, Hiroshi Yatagai, Marcus Schilling, Andrew Biggs, Rodrigo Tobar, Rein Warmels

Proceedings Volume 8451, 84511A (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925678

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Antennas, Antimony, Calibration, Telescopes, Astronomy, Receivers, Optical correlators, Interferometry, Databases

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

MAPS: where have the robots got to?

W. Taylor, H. Schnetler, W. Cochrane, M. Black, S. McLay

Proceedings Volume 8450, 845057 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927106

KEYWORDS: Robots, Mirrors, Cameras, Printing, Metrology, Manufacturing, Telescopes, Algorithm development, Imaging systems, Inkjet technology

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Proceedings Article | 20 July 2010 Paper

Description of the UCam detector control system with a particular emphasis to a development of 4K X 4K camera systems

Nagaraja Bezawada, Stewart McLay, Derek Ives

Proceedings Volume 7742, 77421A (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856960

KEYWORDS: Silicon, Imaging systems, Charge-coupled devices, Cameras, CCD cameras, Digital signal processing, Quantum efficiency, Clocks, Sensors, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 19 July 2010 Paper

UCam: universal camera controller and data acquisition system

S. McLay, N. Bezawada, D. Atkinson, D. Ives

Proceedings Volume 7740, 77403L (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858015

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Digital signal processing, Sensors, Binary data, Data acquisition, Global Positioning System, Imaging systems, Telescopes, Astronomy, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 14 July 2008 Paper

PyDevCom: a generic device communications application

Stewart McLay

Proceedings Volume 7019, 701914 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789336

KEYWORDS: Human-machine interfaces, Sensors, Computer programming, Control systems, Computer programming languages, Stars, Temperature sensors, Chemical elements, Astronomy, Motion controllers

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2006 Paper

A scalable pick-off technology for multi-object instruments

Peter Hastings, Suzanne Ramsay Howat, Peter Spanoudakis, Raymond van den Brink, Callum Norrie, David Clarke, K. Laidlaw, S. McLay, Johan Pragt, Hermine Schnetler, L. Zago

Proceedings Volume 6273, 62732X (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671644

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Motion controllers, Metrology, Cryogenics, Actuators, Control systems, Software development, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 15 September 2004 Paper

The VISTA IR camera software design

Steven Beard, Stewart McLay, Malcolm Stewart, Nirmal Bissonauth, Peter Biereichel

Proceedings Volume 5496, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551328

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Sensors, Telescopes, Optical filters, Infrared cameras, Wavefront sensors, Control systems, Infrared telescopes, Switches, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2002 Paper

Ultracam camera control and data acquisition system

Steven Beard, Andrew Vick, David Atkinson, V. Dhillon, Thomas Marsh, Stewart McLay, Mark Stevenson, Chris Tierney

Proceedings Volume 4848, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461354

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Digital signal processing, Control systems, Global Positioning System, Stars, Telescopes, Astronomy, Clocks, Imaging systems, Charge-coupled devices

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