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

AST-0218991 PI：纳米罗夫，罗伯特Inst：密歇根理工大学纳米罗夫获得了支持密歇根理工大学CONCAM项目的资金。连续相机(CONCAM)是一种鱼眼夜空网络相机，为主要国家和国际观测点的天文学家提供实时图像，可以立即从这些图像中恢复云层、天光和空气透明度。在过去两年内，中非合作论坛全球网络开始运作。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，并设计一条管道，最终将CONCAM图像转换为实时数据产品，如不断更新的天空辉光和透明度全天地图。这些产品将为需要实时做出观测决定的观察者和机器人望远镜提供真正的服务。软件还将被设计用于自动明亮的瞬时搜索，潜在地导致从CONCAM数据本身的重大发现。

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.