Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)
Dynamic scheduling for SOXS instrument: environment, algorithms and development
List of Authors: Asquini 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
Editors: Jorge Ibsen, Gianluca Chiozzi
Conference name: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation
Publisher: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING, PO BOX 10, BELLINGHAM, WA 98227-0010 USA
Publication year: 2022
Journal: Proceedings of SPIE : the International Society for Optical Engineering
Book title *: Proceedings of SPIE: Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VII
Journal name in source: SOFTWARE AND CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR ASTRONOMY VII
Journal acronym: PROC SPIE
Article number: 121890A
Title of series: Proceedings of SPIE : the International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume number: 12189
Start page: 121890A
Number of pages: 11
ISSN: 0277-786X
eISSN: 1996-756X
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2628890
URL: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628890
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.