@inproceedings{d935bb16f8ed49a2b21a9ab95dec9e01,
title = "Pytelpoint: An open-source package for modeling and assessing telescope pointing performance",
abstract = "This paper presents pytelpoint, an open-source Python1 package that uses PyMC2 (https://www.pymc.io/) to perform robust analysis of telescope pointing performance. It implements pointing models in a way similar to TPOINT3 and uses compatible parameter names and definitions. This way results can be easily compared with previous TPOINT analysis and implemented in telescope control systems that use TPOINT or TPOINTcompatible pointing models. The Bayesian modeling techniques that PyMC enables allow for much more robust determinations of the uncertainties in model parameters and the correlations between them. Several visualization routines are provided to help assess results and the residuals of the model fits. Some examples will be shown of how this has been used at the MMTO.4 The initial release only supports elevation-azimuth telescopes. Support for other kinds of mounts is planned.",
keywords = "Pointing Models, Probabilistic Analysis, TPOINT, Telescope Control Systems, Telescopes",
author = "Pickering, {Timothy E.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} COPYRIGHT SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.; Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VII 2022 ; Conference date: 17-07-2022 Through 21-07-2022",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1117/12.2630648",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Jorge Ibsen and Gianluca Chiozzi",
booktitle = "Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VII",
}