CCAT will be a 25-meter telescope for sub millimeter astronomy located at 5600m altitude on Cerro Chajnantor in northern Chile. CCAT will combine high sensitivity, a wide field of view, and a broad wavelength range (0.35 to 2.1mm) to provide an unprecedented capability for deep, large-area multicolor submillimeter surveys. It is planned to have a suite of instruments including large format KID cameras, a large heterodyne array and a KID-based direct detection multi-object spectrometer. The remote location drives a desire for fully autonomous observing coupled with data reduction pipelines and fast feedback to principal investigators.
@article{arxiv.1401.8280,
title = {The CCAT Software System},
author = {Tim Jenness and Adam Brazier and Kevin Edwards and Gaelen Marsden and Thomas Nikola and Volker Ossenkopf and Steve Padin and Jack Sayers and Reinhold Schaaf and Martin Shepherd},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.8280},
year = {2014}
}
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4 pages, 1 figure, to be published in the Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXXIII conference proceedings (ASP Conf Ser)