Dr. Chris Smith Profile

Dr. Chris Smith

Astronomer at National Optical Astronomy Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

Dark energy camera installation at CTIO: overview

Timothy Abbott, Freddy Muñoz, Alistair Walker, Chris Smith, Andrés Montane, Brooke Gregory, Roberto Tighe, Patricio Schurter, Nicole van der Bliek, German Schumacher

Proceedings Volume 8444, 844445 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925692

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Imaging systems, Safety, Observatories, Cameras, Nitrogen, Cryogenics, Space telescopes, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 6 August 2010 Paper

Improving the Blanco Telescope's delivered image quality

Timothy M. Abbott, Andrés Montane, Roberto Tighe, Alistair Walker, Brooke Gregory, R. Christopher Smith, Alfonso Cisternas

Proceedings Volume 7733, 773345 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857389

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Space telescopes, Monochromatic aberrations, Image quality, Control systems, Active optics, Epoxies, Cameras, Glasses

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

Transient alert operations for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

R. Christopher Smith, Robert Seaman, Jeffrey Kantor, Timothy Axelrod

Proceedings Volume 7737, 77370V (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858322

KEYWORDS: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Observatories, Astronomy, Solar system, Image processing, Cameras, Data centers, Telescopes, Databases, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

Calibration of the LSST instrumental and atmospheric photometric passbands

David Burke, T. Axelrod, Aurélien Barrau, Sylvain Baumont, Stéphane Blondin, Charles Claver, Alexia Gorecki, Zeljko Ivezic, Lynne Jones, Victor Krabbendam, Ming Liang, Abhijit Saha, Allyn Smith, R. Christopher Smith, Christopher Stubbs, Christophe Vescovi, LSST Project Team

Proceedings Volume 7737, 77371D (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857236

KEYWORDS: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Calibration, Stars, Telescopes, Cameras, Atmospheric modeling, Clouds, Atmospheric optics, Surface conduction electron emitter displays, Infrared cameras

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

SMARTS revealed

John Subasavage, Charles Bailyn, R. Christopher Smith, Todd Henry, Frederick Walter, Michelle Buxton

Proceedings Volume 7737, 77371C (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.859145

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Astronomy, Observatories, Astronomical telescopes, Spectrographs, Stars, Imaging systems, Charge-coupled devices, Space telescopes, Large telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2010 Paper

Status of the dark energy survey camera (DECam) project

Brenna Flaugher, Timothy M. Abbott, Jim Annis, Michelle Antonik, Jim Bailey, Otger Ballester, Joseph Bernstein, Rebecca Bernstein, Marco Bonati, Gale Bremer, Jorge Briones, David Brooks, Elizabeth Buckley-Geer, Julia Campa, Laia Cardiel-Sas, Francisco Castander, Javier Castilla, Herman Cease, Steve Chappa, Edward Chi, Luis da Costa, Darren DePoy, Gregory Derylo, Juan De Vicente, H. Thomas Diehl, Peter Doel, Juan Estrada, Jacob Eiting, Anne Elliott, David Finley, Josh Frieman, Enrique Gaztanaga, David Gerdes, Mike Gladders, V. Guarino, G. Gutierrez, Jim Grudzinski, Bill Hanlon, Jiangang Hao, Steve Holland, Klaus Honscheid, Dave Huffman, Cheryl Jackson, Inga Karliner, Daekwang Kau, Steve Kent, Kurt Krempetz, John Krider, Mark Kozlovsky, Donna Kubik, Kyler Kuehn, Stephen Kuhlmann, Kevin Kuk, Ofer Lahav, Peter Lewis, Huan Lin, Wolfgang Lorenzon, Stuart Marshall, Gustavo Martínez, Timothy McKay, Wyatt Merritt, Mark Meyer, Ramon Miquel, Jim Morgan, Peter Moore, Todd Moore, Brian Nord, R. Ogando, Jamieson Olsen, John Peoples, Andreas Plazas, Natalie Roe, Aaron Roodman, B. Rossetto, E. Sanchez, Vic Scarpine, Terry Schalk, Rafe Schindler, Ricardo Schmidt, Richard Schmitt, Mike Schubnell, Kenneth Schultz, M. Selen, S. Serrano, Terri Shaw, Vaidis Simaitis, Jean Slaughter, R. Christopher Smith, Hal Spinka, Andy Stefanik, Walter Stuermer, Adam Sypniewski, Rick Talaga, Greg Tarle, Jon Thaler, Doug Tucker, Alistair Walker, Curtis Weaverdyck, William Wester, Robert Woods, Sue Worswick, Allen Zhao

Proceedings Volume 7735, 77350D (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856609

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Telescopes, Imaging systems, CCD cameras, Cameras, Camera shutters, Optical filters, Lenses, Mirrors, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

High performance astronomical data communications in the LSST data management system

Jeff Kantor, Ron Lambert, Chip Cox, Deborah Levine, Chris Smith, Arun Jagatheeson, Chris Cribbs

Proceedings Volume 7019, 701919 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790194

KEYWORDS: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Data centers, Data archive systems, Astronomy, Data communications, Cameras, Telescopes, Lanthanum, Imaging systems, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 30 June 2006 Paper

Cyber-infrastructure to support science and data management for the Dark Energy Survey

C. Ngeow, J. Mohr, T. Alam, W. Barkhouse, C. Beldica, D. Cai, G. Daues, R. Plante, J. Annis, H. Lin, D. Tucker, R. Smith

Proceedings Volume 6270, 627023 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671017

KEYWORDS: Data archive systems, Databases, Calibration, Data processing, Image processing, Astronomy, Computing systems, Galactic astronomy, Charge-coupled devices, Galaxy groups and clusters

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Proceedings Article | 29 June 2006 Paper

Calibration techniques for next-generation astronomical systems

S. Slater, C. Stubbs, J. Tonry, J. Masiero, R. Smith

Proceedings Volume 6269, 626921 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670144

KEYWORDS: Optical filters, Distortion, Telescopes, Calibration, Photometry, Quantum efficiency, Astronomy, Photodiodes, Sensors, Error analysis

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Proceedings Article | 24 December 2002 Paper

Real-time time-variability analysis of GB to TB datasets: experience from SuperMacho and Supernova projects at NOAO/CTIO

Chris Smith, Armin Rest, Rafael Hiriart, Andrew Becker, Christopher Stubbs, Francisco Valdes, Nicholas Suntzeff

Proceedings Volume 4836, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461391

KEYWORDS: Astronomy, Databases, Telescopes, Image processing, Stars, Point spread functions, Space telescopes, Data processing, Data acquisition, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 2 January 2002 Paper

NOAO data products program

Richard Shaw, Todd Boroson, R. Smith

Proceedings Volume 4844, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460758

KEYWORDS: Data archive systems, Astronomy, Telescopes, Data storage, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Data processing, Data modeling, Observatories, Calibration, Mining

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Proceedings Article | 2 January 2002 Paper

Operation planning for the large-aperture Synoptic Survey Telescope

Abhijit Saha, Chris Smith, Todd Boroson

Proceedings Volume 4844, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460598

KEYWORDS: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Asteroids, Fourier transforms, Gamma radiation, Signal detection, Device simulation, Lanthanum, Astatine

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Proceedings Article | 15 May 2000 Paper

CCD detector performance for NOAO's wide-field MOSAIC cameras

Thomas Wolfe, Taft Armandroff, Morley Blouke, Travis Rector, Richard Reed, Abhijit Saha, Robert Schommer, Chris Smith, Roger Smith, Alistair Walker

Proceedings Volume 3965, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.385427

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Telescopes, Cameras, Imaging systems, Astronomy, CCD cameras, Observatories, Quantum efficiency, Sensors, Astronomical imaging

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Conference Committee Involvement (1)

Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems III

30 June 2010 | San Diego, California, United States

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