P8.6 Cihan Tugrul Tezcan (Ataturk University - ATASAM)
Theme: Telescope operations and scheduling: from classical to autonomous
DAG-OPT: Observation Proposal Tool
DAG project is an ongoing observatory project which will house a 4-meter diameter Optical/Infra-Red telescope with active and adaptive optics at 3170m elevation in Erzurum, Turkey. Telescope is going to have two nasmyth platform measuring 4m by 3m. One platform will have adaptive optic system and instruments for diffraction limited observations, and the other will be used for seeing limited instruments. DAG telescope is planned to be autonomous in a way that the observatory control system will select targets depending atmospheric, meteorological and astronomical conditions. Ongoing observations of these conditions, and the already collected data creates a solid statistics of past to look future. DAG-OPT is a platform for users who will apply for observing time on DAG telescope on which users will plan every detail of their observation run during proposing process.
