Dr. Sunil Chandra Profile

Dr. Sunil Chandra

at South African Astronomical Observatory

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Publications (8)

Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Paper

The intelligent observatory: software for robotic operation, monitoring, and safeguarding

Carel van Gend, Stephen Potter, Nicolas Erasmus, Sunil Chandra, Hannah Worters, Moloko Hlakola, Roufurd Julie

Proceedings Volume 13101, 131012W (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018677

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Equipment, Observatories, Information operations, Robotics, Software development, Control systems, Control software, Computer architecture

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

Intelligent stargazing: the observatory control system for meter class telescopes at South African Astronomical Observatory

Sunil Chandra, Stephen Potter, Nicolas Erasmus, Carel H. D. van Gend, Moloka Hlakola, Roufurd Julie, Christian Hettlage

Proceedings Volume 13098, 130980Z (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020339

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Information operations, Observatories, Control systems, Databases, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

The intelligent observatory

Stephen Potter, Nicolas Erasmus, Carel H. D. van Gend, Sunil Chandra, Hannah Worters, Moloko Hlakola, Roufurd Julie

Proceedings Volume 13098, 130980Y (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018154

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Equipment, Observatories, Information operations, Control systems, Astronomy, Imaging spectroscopy, Spectroscopes, Observational astronomy, Spectrographs

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

Instrumentation at the SAAO for autonomous rapid-response observing

Nicolas Erasmus, Stephen Potter, Carel H.D. van Gend, Egan Loubser, Kathryn Rosie, Keegan Titus, Sunil Chandra, Hannah Worters, Hitesh Gajjar, Moloko Hlakola, Roufurd Julie

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130968K (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3015250

KEYWORDS: Equipment, Telescopes, Observatories, Cameras, Imaging systems, Spectrographs

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SPIE Journal Paper | 27 April 2024

Mookodi: multi-purpose low-resolution spectrograph and multi-filter photometric imager for rapid follow-up observations of astronomical transient events

Nicolas Erasmus, Iain Steele, Andrzej Piascik, Stuart Bates, Christopher Mottram, Kathryn Rosie, Carel H. D. van Gend, Ulrich Geen, Magaretha L. Pretorius, Stephen Potter, Egan Loubser, Willie Koorts, Hitesh Gajjar, Keegan Titus, Hannah Worters, Amanda Sickafoose, Sunil Chandra, James E. O’Connor, Kgothatso Matlala, Justine Crook-Mansour, Ali Ranjbar, Robert Smith, Helen Jermak, Shalom Abiodun, Okwudili Egbo

JATIS, Vol. 10, Issue 02, 025005, (April 2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.10.2.025005

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Equipment, Spectrographs, Tunable filters, Cameras, Stars, Imaging systems, Sensors, Optical filters, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Software architecture of the Intelligent Observatory Local Control Unit

Carel H De R van Gend, Stephen Potter, Roufurd Julie, Paul Swart, Nicolas Erasmus, Hannah Worters, Sunil Chandra, Kgothatso Matlala

Proceedings Volume 12189, 121890R (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629978

KEYWORDS: Telescope instrument control software, Telescopes, Observatories, Computer architecture, Control systems, Information operations, Domes, Stars, Human-machine interfaces, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Presentation + Paper

EMPOL: an EMCCD based optical imaging polarimeter

Shashikiran Ganesh, Archita Rai, Aravind K., Alka Singh, Prachi Prajapati, Ashish Mishra, Prashanth Kasarla, Deekshya Sarkar, Pitamber Patwal, Namita Uppal, Sunil Chandra, Satyanarain Mathur, Amish Shah, Kiran Baliyan, U. Joshi

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114479E (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560949

KEYWORDS: Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Optical imaging, Polarimetry, Sensors, Polarization, Prisms, System on a chip, Infrared imaging, Calibration, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2016 Paper

In-orbit performance of SXT aboard AstroSat

Kulinder Pal Singh, Gordon Stewart, Sunil Chandra, Kallol Mukerjee, Sanket Kotak, Andy Beardmore, Varsha Chitnis, Gulab Dewangan, Sudip Bhattacharyya, Irfan Mirza, Nilima Kamble, Vinita Navalkar, Harshit Shah, S. Vishwakarma, J. Koyande

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99051E (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2235309

KEYWORDS: CCD cameras, X-rays, X-ray astronomy, X-ray astronomy, Space telescopes, Cameras, X-ray telescopes, CCD cameras, Charge-coupled devices, Calibration, Point spread functions, Telescopes

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