Mr. Christopher Contaxis Profile

Christopher Contaxis

at GMTO Corp.

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Proceedings Article | 11 September 2024 Poster + Paper

Giant Magellan Telescope primary mirror thermal control system design

Gary Muller, David Ashby, Chris Contaxis, Marianne Cox, Austin Everman, Barbara Fischer, John Ford, Michael Gardiner, Maria Hernandez, Tomas Krasuski, Oliver McIrwin, Trupti Ranka, Thomas Salanski, Jose Soto, Hector Swett, David Zeller

Proceedings Volume 13094, 130942U (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020111

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Nozzles, Air temperature, Telescopes, Design, Temperature metrology

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Proceedings Article | 11 September 2024 Presentation + Paper

GMTO primary mirror active support system testing with the test cell and mass simulator

Trupti Ranka, Barbara Fischer, Christopher Contaxis, Dave Ashby, Tomas Krasuski, Dave Zeller, Gary Muller, Michael Gardiner, Jose Soto, Hector Swett, Oliver McIrwin, Austin Everman, Neil Mills, John Ford, Thomas Salanski, Michael Mariano Kanoa Sibayan

Proceedings Volume 13094, 130941E (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020281

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Control systems, Power consumption, Safety, Telescopes, Motion measurement, Frequency response

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

Tackling software management challenges on the GMT project

Marianne Cox, José Filgueira, José Soto, Chien Peng, Jordi Molgo, William Schoenell, Hector Swett, Chris Contaxis, Jorge Barrios, Gibreel El-Halabi, Paulo Silva

Proceedings Volume 13101, 131011V (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019255

KEYWORDS: Software development, Control systems, Design, Software engineering, Observatories, Telescopes, Industry, Project management, Control systems design, Control software

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

Software development and integration of an adaptive-optics testbed using the Giant Magellan Telescope software frameworks

J. Molgó, W. Schoenell, J. Filgueira, F. Quirós-Pacheco, A. Puglisi, F. Rossi, T. Lapucci, A. Bouchez, B. Xin, P. Schurter, R. Demers, L. Close, S. Haffert, M. Kautz, J. Males, M. Cox, J. Soto, C. Peng, H. Swett, C. Contaxis, J. Barrios, G. El-Halabi, P. Silva

Proceedings Volume 13101, 131011Y (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018970

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Control systems, Telescopes, Cameras, Prototyping, Data processing, Control software, Software development, Device simulation, Adaptive optics

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Latest developments for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) control system

Martí Pi, Marianne Cox, José M. Filgueira, Jordi Molgó, Divya Thanasekaran, William Schoenell, Hector Swett, José Soto, Chien Peng, Chris Contaxis

Proceedings Volume 12189, 1218917 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630614

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Observatories, Safety, Telescopes, Mirrors, Actuators, Interfaces, Software development, Prototyping, Data archive systems

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Rubin Observatory primary tertiary mirror cell assembly: integration and functional testing

Felipe Daruich, Douglas Neill, Edward Hileman, Christian Aguilar, Constanza Araujo, Claudio Araya, Michael Booth, Andy Clements, Franco Colleoni, Christopher Contaxis, Eric Coughlin, Ron Harris, Brian Johnson, Garry Knight, Juan Lopez, Neill Mills, Dave Mills, Gary Muller, Freddy Munoz, Ian Ordenes, Jacques Sebag, Edward Stover, Sandrine Thomas, Jeff Urban, Tomislav Vucina, Oliver Wiecha, Bo Xin

Proceedings Volume 11445, 114454B (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561670

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Telescopes, Actuators, Optical instrument design, Mirror structures, Metrology, Sensors, Integration, Glasses

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Rubin Observatory primary tertiary mirror cell assembly: Optical testing of the fully assembled mirror support

Bo Xin, Doug Neill, Sandrine Thomas, Chuck Claver, Christopher Contaxis, Ed Hileman, William Hubler, Adrian Loeff, Kurtis Kenagy, Hubert Martin, Stephanie Meyen, Michael Tuell, Steven West

Proceedings Volume 11445, 114454T (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562765

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Optical fabrication, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Optical testing, Actuators, Point spread functions, Finite element methods, Calibration, Analytical research, Data acquisition

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

LSST M1M3 active mirror support system optimized to accommodate rapid telescope motions

Felipe Daruich, Douglas Neill, Michael Warner, Edward Hileman, Myung Cho, Christoph Dribusch, Constanza Araujo, Michael Booth, Christopher Contaxis, Ron Harris, Brian Johnson, Garry Knight, Neill Mills, Gary Muller, Edward Stover, Oliver Wiecha, Bo Xin

Proceedings Volume 10700, 107003G (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313724

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Mirrors, Telescopes, Control systems, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Sensors, Systems modeling, Active optics

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

LSST primary/tertiary mirror cell assembly integration

Constanza Araujo-Hauck, Michael Booth, Christopher Contaxis, Andy Clements, Felipe Daruich, Ed Hileman, Brian Johnson, Neill Mills, Gary Muller, Ed Stover, Michael Warner, Oliver Wiecha, Douglas Neill, William Gressler

Proceedings Volume 10700, 1070035 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312231

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Actuators, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Control systems, Telescopes, Optical fabrication, Sensors, Coating

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Application of a component template for designing and implementing LSST telescope and site software components

Paul Lotz, Andrés Anania, Harini Sundararaman, Christopher Contaxis

Proceedings Volume 10707, 107071V (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311351

KEYWORDS: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Telescopes, Control systems, Operating systems, Software engineering, LabVIEW

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Proceedings Article | 8 August 2016 Paper

LSST control software component design

Paul Lotz, Gregory Dubois-Felsmann, Kian-Tat Lim, Tony Johnson, Srinivasan Chandrasekharan, David Mills, Philip Daly, Germán Schumacher, Francisco Delgado, Steve Pietrowicz, Brian Selvy, Jacques Sebag, Stuart Marshall, Harini Sundararaman, Christopher Contaxis, Robert Bovill, Tim Jenness

Proceedings Volume 9913, 991309 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231796

KEYWORDS: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Control systems, Telecommunications, Telescopes, Sensors, Composites, Data acquisition, Motion controllers, Phase modulation, Calibration

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