ITR: Computing the Sky in Real Time: Supporting the World's Major Astronomical Observatories

AST-0218991PI: Nemiroff, robert；Nemiroff获得了资助，以支持密歇根理工大学的CONCAM项目。连续摄像机（CONCAMs）是一种鱼眼夜空网络摄像机，可为国内和国际主要观测点的天文学家提供实时图像，从中可以立即恢复云量、天光和空气透明度。在过去两年中，一个全球性的concam网络已经开始运作。PI和他的学生将利用这笔资金编写软件，使CONCAM图像实时可用，并设计一个管道，最终将CONCAM图像转换为实时数据产品，如不断更新的天光和透明度的全天地图。这些产品将为需要实时做出观测决策的观测者和机器人望远镜提供真正的服务。软件也将设计用于自动亮瞬态搜索，可能会从CONCAM数据本身中获得重大发现。

AST-0218991PI: Nemiroff, RobertInst: Michigan Technological UniversityDr. Nemiroff is awarded funds to support the CONCAM project at Michigan Technological University. CONtinuous CAMeras (CONCAMs) are fisheye night sky web cameras that provide astronomers at major national and international observing sites with real-time images from which cloud cover, skyglow, and air transparency can be immediately recovered. Within the past two years, a global network of CONCAMs has begun to operate. The PI and his students will use the funds to write the software that will make CONCAM images available in real-time, and to design a pipeline that will eventually convert CONCAM images into real-time data products such as continuously updated all-sky maps of skyglow and transparency. These products will constitute a real service for observers and robotic telescopes needing to make observing decisions in real time. Software will also be designed for an automated bright transient search, potentially leading to significant discoveries from the CONCAM data itself.