Preface | |
Remote Observing with JCMT and UKIRT | p. 1 |
Remote Observing with the NRAO 12m Telescope | p. 9 |
Remote Observing with the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory | p. 15 |
Design Fundamentals of Interactive Remote Observing - Remote Usage of the Apache Point Observatory | p. 19 |
University of Michigan Automated 26-meter Paraboloid: 15 Years of Continuous Remote Observing | p. 31 |
Remote Observing at Cerro Tololo | p. 37 |
Remote Observing with the IRAM 30m Radiotelescope | p. 43 |
Remote Engineering at CFHT | p. 47 |
Planning, Scheduling, and Control for Automatic Telescopes | p. 51 |
The VLA Nearly-Real Time Processing System | p. 65 |
The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope - Demonstration of Remote Observing with the JCMT on Mauna Kea | p. 71 |
The Very Long Baseline Array: Ten Antennas - One Array | p. 75 |
Monitoring Mesospheric Water Vapor at a Remote Site: A 22 GHz System | p. 83 |
Two Decades of Remote Observing at Hat Creek - The Next Ten Years | p. 87 |
Remote Observing with the OVRO Radio Telescopes | p. 93 |
Mauna Kea Observatories Communications Network: A Fiber Optics Based High Bandwidth Astronomy Network | p. 103 |
Remote Telescope Control at Kitt Peak | p. 115 |
A Computer Controlled Remote Telescope for Undergraduate Instruction | p. 123 |
Three Years' Experience with Routine Remote Observing at the European Southern Observatory | p. 131 |
A Distributed VME Telescope Control System for Remote Operations | p. 141 |
Offsetting a Telescope via Remote Control | p. 151 |
Remote Observing with UKIRT: The UK - Hawaii Experience | p. 159 |
Remote Observing with HST and High Performance Image Compression with the H-Transform | p. 173 |
Remote Observing at Arecibo | p. 181 |
WIYN Project: 3.5m Telescope on Kitt Peak | p. 185 |
Experience with Frame Grabbers and TV Acquisition Images at UKIRT | p. 191 |
Remote Control of the ESO New Technology Telescope | p. 199 |
Remote Observing Activities at the Trieste Astronomical Observatory - The Second Level Remote Observing with ESO/NTT and the Galileo Telescope | p. 213 |
Real-Time Imaging with the BIMA Array | p. 225 |
Gemini Project: The Future | p. 233 |
Plans for Remote Observing at La Palma | p. 245 |
Plans for Remote Observing from Antarctica | p. 249 |
Plans for Remote Observing with the Submillimeter Array | p. 253 |
Remote Observing with the Proposed NRAO Millimeter Array | p. 261 |
Low and High Bandwidth Remote Observing at the NASA IRTF | p. 267 |
Automatic and Remote Operation of Astronomical Observatories | p. 275 |
The Need for Remote Observing with the Submillimeter Telescope | p. 283 |
SMT Computer and Control System | p. 287 |
A Multi-Telescope Remote Observing Centre | p. 291 |
The Relative Merits of Remote and Service Observing | p. 297 |
Remote Observing in Edinburgh - A First-time User's View | p. 305 |
Video Camera Control System via the Internet | p. 309 |
A Survey of Remote Observing Capabilities | p. 315 |
Can Remote Observing Be Good Observing? Reflections on Procrustes and Antaeus | p. 325 |
Workshop Summary | p. 341 |
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