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RTS2: Lessons learned from a widely distributed telescope network
Author(s) -
Kubánek P.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.200710936
Subject(s) - python (programming language) , telescope , observatory , modular design , software , systems engineering , computer science , software development , physics , astronomy , operating system , engineering
RTS2 (Remote Telescope System 2) is a highly modular open source telescope and observatory management software package. It evolved from RTS , which was developed in Python to control a telescope aimed at observing optical transients of γ ray burts. The development of a network system capable of operating robotic telescopes is both difficult and complicated. Along with continued software development one must be concerned with maintaining operations and obtaining results. This is a review of experiences gained building a network of robotic telescopes. It focuses on describing which issues are important during development of the robotic observatory software and requirements for future development of the RTS2 package. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)