{"id":318,"date":"2023-10-30T22:07:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T22:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/observatorysciences.co.uk\/?page_id=318"},"modified":"2023-11-20T22:53:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T22:53:42","slug":"case-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/observatorysciences.co.uk\/?page_id=318","title":{"rendered":"Case Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"--bb--crumb-gap:.4em\" class=\"wp-block-boldblocks-breadcrumb-block has-small-font-size\"><nav role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumb-items\"><li class=\"breadcrumb-item breadcrumb-item--current breadcrumb-item--home\"><span class=\"breadcrumb-item-name\">Home<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-categories-dropdown wp-block-categories-taxonomy-category wp-block-categories\"><label class=\"wp-block-categories__label\" for=\"wp-block-categories-1\">Categories<\/label><select  name='category_name' id='wp-block-categories-1' class='postform'>\n\t<option value='-1'>Select Category<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"case-study\">Case Study<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-1\" value=\"astronomical-instrumentation\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Astronomical Instrumentation<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-1\" value=\"fusion-energy\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fusion Energy<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-1\" value=\"laser\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Laser<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-1\" value=\"synchrotron\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Synchrotron<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-1\" value=\"telescope-control-case-study\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Telescope Control<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"general-news\">News<\/option>\n<\/select><script>\n( ( [ dropdownId, homeUrl ] ) => {\n\t\tconst dropdown = document.getElementById( dropdownId );\n\t\tfunction onSelectChange() {\n\t\t\tsetTimeout( () => {\n\t\t\t\tif ( 'escape' === dropdown.dataset.lastkey ) {\n\t\t\t\t\treturn;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ Only navigate if a valid term is selected (not the default \"Select [taxonomy]\" option)\n\t\t\t\tif ( dropdown.value && dropdown.value !== '-1' && dropdown instanceof HTMLSelectElement ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tconst url = new URL( homeUrl );\n\t\t\t\t\turl.searchParams.set( dropdown.name, dropdown.value );\n\t\t\t\t\tlocation.href = url.href;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}, 250 );\n\t\t}\n\t\tfunction onKeyUp( event ) {\n\t\t\tif ( 'Escape' === event.key ) {\n\t\t\t\tdropdown.dataset.lastkey = 'escape';\n\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\tdelete dropdown.dataset.lastkey;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t\tfunction onClick() {\n\t\t\tdelete dropdown.dataset.lastkey;\n\t\t}\n\t\tdropdown.addEventListener( 'keyup', onKeyUp );\n\t\tdropdown.addEventListener( 'click', onClick );\n\t\tdropdown.addEventListener( 'change', onSelectChange );\n\t} )( [\"wp-block-categories-1\",\"https:\/\/observatorysciences.co.uk\"] );\n\/\/# sourceURL=build_dropdown_script_block_core_categories\n<\/script>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-borders wpnbha is-grid columns-3 colgap-2 ts-3 is-style-borders\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"318\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"1112\"\n\t\tclass=\"category-astronomical-instrumentation category-case-study type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/observatorysciences.co.uk\/?p=1112\" rel=\"bookmark\">WIYN HYDRA<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>OSL has recently updated the control software for the Hydra instrument on the WIYN Observatory&#8217;s 3.5m telescope. 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