Sunum, ss.76-77, 2016
A 13 meters former NATO radar is being converted into a radio telescope. The radio telescope is controlled by
a system which has been developed at UZAYB˙IMER. The Telescope Control System(TCS) has been designed
using modern industrial systems. TCS has been developed in LabView platform in which works Windows
embedded OS. The position feedback used on radio telescopes is an industrial EtherCAT standard. ASCOM
library is used for astronomical calculations.