A software complex for TNG Observatory efficiency measurements

摘要

In the last times the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG), a 3.5m Italian telescope located in Canary Islands, is equippedwith a metering software complex which enables the management to keep track of both observing program completionand observatory efficiency. The former is based on the images database, the latter on a web based user interface to keepthe log of the night. The role of the telescope operator in keeping the database in order is essential, and also its limitation.Using the automatic output from this software the Technology and Astronomy divisions can keep track of the behaviorof the observatory and take corrections if needed. Examples of the last year data are presented.© (2012) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.