Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)

Dynamic scheduling for SOXS instrument: environment, algorithms and development




List of AuthorsAsquini Laura, Landoni Marco, Young Dave, Marty Laurent, Smartt Stephen J., Campana Sergio, Claudi Riccardo, Schipani Pietro, Aliverti Matteo, Battaini Federico, Baruffolo Andrea, Ben-Ami Sagi, Bianco Andrea, Capasso Giulio, Cosentino Rosario, D'Alessio Francesco, d'Avanzo Paolo, Hershko Ofir, Kuncarayakti Hanindyo, Munari Matteo, Pignata Giuliano, Rubin Adam, Salvatore Scuderi, Vitali Fabrizio, Achrèn Jani, Araiza-Duràn Josè, Arcavi Iair, Brucalassi Anna, Bruch Rachel, Cappellaro Enrico, Colapietro Mirko, Della Valle Massimo, De Pascale Marco, Di Benedetto Rosario, D'Orsi Sergio, Gal-Yam Avishay, Genoni Matteo, Hernandez Díaz Marcos, Kotilainen Jari, Li Causi Gianluca, Mattila Seppo, Pariani Giorgio, Rappaport Micheal, Radhakrishnan Kalyan, Ricci Davide, Riva Marco, Salasnich Bernardo, Sanchez Ricardo Zanmar, Stritzinger Maximilian, Ventura Hector

EditorsJorge Ibsen, Gianluca Chiozzi

Conference nameSPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation

PublisherSPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING, PO BOX 10, BELLINGHAM, WA 98227-0010 USA

Publication year2022

JournalProceedings of SPIE : the International Society for Optical Engineering

Book title *Proceedings of SPIE: Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VII

Journal name in sourceSOFTWARE AND CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR ASTRONOMY VII

Journal acronymPROC SPIE

Article number 121890A

Title of seriesProceedings of SPIE : the International Society for Optical Engineering

Volume number12189

Start page121890A

Number of pages11

ISSN0277-786X

eISSN1996-756X

DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2628890

URLhttps://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628890


Abstract
We present development progress of the scheduler for the Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) instrument at the ESO-NTT 3.58-m telescope. SOXS will be a single object spectroscopic facility, consisting of a two-arms high-efficiency spectrograph covering the spectral range 350-2000 nm with a mean resolving power R approximate to 4500. SOXS will be uniquely dedicated to the UV-visible and near infrared follow up of astrophysical transients, with a very wide pool of targets available from the streaming services of wide-field telescopes, current and future. This instrument will serve a variety of scientific scopes in the astrophysical community, with each scope eliciting its specific requirements for observation planning, that the observing scheduler has to meet. Due to directions from the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the instrument will be operated only by La Silla staff, with no astronomer present on the mountain. This implies a new challenge for the scheduling process, requiring a fully automated algorithm that should be able to present the operator not only with and ordered list of optimal targets, but also with optimal back-ups, should anything in the observing conditions change. This imposes a fast-response capability to the scheduler, without compromising the optimization process, that ensures good quality of the observations. In this paper we present the current state of the scheduler, that is now almost complete, and of its web interface.


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