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| Paper: |
Nightly Scheduling of ESO's Very Large Telescope |
| Volume: |
145, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems VII |
| Page: |
255 |
| Authors: |
Chavan, A. M.; Giannone, G.; Silva, D.; Krueger, T.; Miller, G. |
| Abstract: |
A key challenge for ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) will be responding to changing observing conditions in order to maximize the scientific productivity of the observatory. For queued observations, the nightly scheduling will be performed by staff astronomers using an Operational Toolkit. This toolkit consists of a Medium and a Short-Term Scheduler (MTS and STS), both integrated and accessible through a common graphical user interface. The MTS, developed by ESO, will be used to create candidate lists of observations (queues) based on different scheduling criteria. There may be different queues based on ``seeing'', or priority, or any other criteria that are selected by the staff astronomer. An MTS queue is then selected and supplied to the STS for detailed nightly scheduling. The STS uses the Spike scheduling engine, which was originally developed by STScI for use on the Hubble Space Telescope. |
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