UZAYBIMER RADIO TELESCOPE CONTROL SYSTEM

Balbay R., Oz G. K., ARSLAN Ö., ÖZEREN F. F., KÜÇÜK İ.

4th Workshop on Robotic Autonomous Observatories, Torremolinos, Spain, 28 September - 02 October 2015, vol.48, pp.76-77, (Full Text) identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Volume: 48
  • City: Torremolinos
  • Country: Spain
  • Page Numbers: pp.76-77
  • Keywords: telescopes
  • Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

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 UZAYBIMER. 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.