The Simons Observatory (SO) is a next-generation ground-based telescope located in the Atacama Desert in Chile, designed to map the cosmic microwave background (CMB) with unprecedented precision. The observatory consists of three small aperture telescopes (SATs) and one large aperture telescope (LAT), each optimized for distinct but complementary scientific goals. To achieve these goals, optimized scan strategies have been defined for both the SATs and LAT. This paper describes a software system deployed in SO that effectively translates high-level scan strategies into realistic observing scripts executable by the telescope, taking into account realistic observational constraints. The data volume of SO also necessitates a scalable software infrastructure to support its daily data processing needs. This paper also outlines an automated workflow system for managing data packaging and daily data reduction at the site.
@article{arxiv.2406.10905,
title = {Simons Observatory: Observatory Scheduler and Automated Data Processing},
author = {Yilun Guan and Kathleen Harrington and Jack Lashner and Sanah Bhimani and Kevin T. Crowley and Nicholas Galitzki and Ken Ganga and Matthew Hasselfield and Adam D. Hincks and Brian Keating and Brian J. Koopman and Laura Newburgh and David V. Nguyen and Max Silva-Feaver},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.10905},
year = {2024}
}
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16 pages, 7 figures, 6 tables, to be presented at SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2024