| 43 | 43 | || '''28.04.2017 (10hrs, HdA)''' || '''Thomas Bertram''' || '''A bit closer to the stars: [[BR]]LINC-NIRVANA on the way to "first light" [[BR]] '''[[BR]]Eleven months after the arrival on Mt. Graham, LINC-NIRVANA finally found his designated position on the LBT. In a total of nine trips and 630 person days the instrument has been re-assembled, internally aligned and in September 2016 finally installed at the telescope. In subsequent trips, LN and LBT have been aligned with respect to each other and a set of "on sky" tests were successfully passed. Highlight of the last weeks was the first "closed loop" with one of the two groundlayer wavefront sensor using a total of five guide stars. [[BR]] [[BR]]This presentation gives an overview of the activities in the past 18 months, talks about the challenges, the team had to cope with, the conditions at LBT and about the achieved results. [[BR]][[BR]]Presentation: German[[BR]][https://svn.mpia.de/trac/gulli/att/raw-attachment/wiki/AlteVortraege2017S1/2017-04-28_LNInstallation.pdf Slides: English][[BR]]Questions: German, English || |
| 44 | 44 | || '''05.05.2017[[BR]](10hrs, HdA)''' || '''Carolin Liefke''' || '''Remote Observing with HdA/MPIa's 50cm Telescope[[BR]]'''[[BR]]Since October 2009, the western dome of the Elsaesser lab hosts a modern semi-professional 50cm telescope. Although equipped with high-level instrumentation, it is currently used very rarely. This should change with the opportunity to operate it completely remote via the internet. [[BR]][[BR]]This presentation shows the general requirements and operating principles of a remote telescope, demonstrates the current status of the modifications to the 50cm telescope and its dome, and gives an overview of future opportunities to use it.[[BR]][[BR]]Presentation: German[[BR]][https://svn.mpia.de/trac/gulli/att/raw-attachment/wiki/AlteVortraege2017S1/2017-05-05_Remotisierung.pdf Slides: English][[BR]]Questions: German, English || |
