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The GRECOS operating system of the GCT

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The computer operating system of the Gregory Coudé Telescope (GCT) at Observatorio del Teide is described. The GRECOS command language provides the user with a flexible means of operating both telescope and spectrograph, to execute complex measuring sequences, and to handle and display his observational data.

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  • Kneer, F., Schmidt, W., Wiehr, E., Wittmann, A. D.: 1987,Mitt. Astron. Ges. 68, 181.

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  1. University Observatory, Göttingen, F.R.G.

    Axel D. Wittmann

  2. Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Würzburg, F.R.G.

    Reinhold Kroll

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Wittmann, A.D., Kroll, R. The GRECOS operating system of the GCT. Astrophys Space Sci 171, 357–359 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00646877

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