OSL has recently updated the control software for the Hydra instrument on the WIYN Observatory’s 3.5m telescope. Hydra is a spectroscopic-fibre positioner that places up to 100 fibres across a 38cm focal plane to a design precision of 10 microns. The control software commands the robotic positioner to deploy these fibres on scientific targets whilst …
CryoNIRSP, the Cryogenic Infra-red Spectropolarimeter, will be one of the first-light instruments on the DKIST (Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope) currently under construction in Maui, Hawaii. In September 2018, Observatory Sciences consultants Becky Williams and Alan Greer visited the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy to integrate our control system software with the CryoNIRSP instrument …