• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.51.4-52
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• 2015

From 2010 to 2014, CQUEAN (Camera for QUasars in EArly uNiverse) has been operated for the observation at the 82 inch Otto Struve Telescope of the McDonald Observatory, US. This camera is optimized at wavelength range of 0.7 - 1.1 um with seven (g', r', I', z', Y, Iz and Is) broad-band filters for the survey of high redshift (z > 5) quasars in the early universe. We are upgrading this system to identify more details of SED (Spectral Energy Distribution) of quasar candidates and other astronomical sources. The SQUEAN is comprised of a focal reducer, a CCD camera, a new filter wheel, new auto guiding system and new control software. The new filter wheel consists of interchangeable cartridges for various wavelength and size of filters. 50 nm medium bandwidth filters from 600 - 1050 nm, seven SDSS (Sloan Digital Sky Survey) filters and Johnson-Cousin BVRI filters are installed for now. We also have a plan to use narrow band interference filters to classify high redshift quasars or to obtain SEDs of interesting astronomical sources in details more efficiently. We also developed KAP82 (Kyung Hee University Auto guiding Package for 82 inch telescope) for auto guiding software. CQUEAN and SQUEAN have been developed by CEOU (Center for the Exploration of the Origin of the Universe).

• Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.144-148
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• 2004

Generally a ship in a port or canal is guided by tugboat(s), while the ship engine(s) and steering mechanism idle. The shortcomings of this method are insufficient in course keeping ability, danger of collision with waterside structures, time-consuming preparation for tugging, as well as the need to maintain tugboats. A new technology for ship guiding, based on the physical principle of interaction of a solid body with aerated liquids has been developed [1]. Model tests were carried out for the verification of system at slow speed by engine operating conditions and with an idle steering. The developed device has been proved to keep the ship on course safely.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.75.1-75.1
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• 2016

KAP82 (KHU Auto-guiding software Package for McDonald 82 inch telescope)는 천체망원경의 정밀한 추적을 가능하게 하는 가이드 프로그램으로, 미국 텍사스주에 위치한 McDonald 천문대의 82 inch 망원경에 장착된 광학 및 적외선 영역의 관측기기 SQUEAN (SED camera for Quasars in EArly uNiverse)과 함께 개발되었다. KAP82는 지난 한 해 동안 두 차례의 개정을 통해 프로그램 작동의 안정성을 확보하고, 동시에 가이드의 성능에도 많은 개선이 이루어졌다. 대상 별 중심을 찾는 알고리즘에 따라 KAP82 1.0에서는 가중 평균(weighted mean)을, KAP82 2.0에서는 산술평균을 활용해 자체 개발한 J-J 함수를 사용해 가이드를 구현한 것이 특징이다. 이번에 개발한 KAP82 3.0은 가이드 알고리즘으로 가우스 함수를 채택하고, 제조사가 다른 다수의 상용 CCD카메라 및 망원경과 연결이 가능한 ASCOM Platform에서 작동하므로, 다른 시스템에도 쉽게 적용할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 본 포스터에서는 KAP82 3.0을 소개하면서 기존 KAP82버전들과 KAP82 3.0의 차이로 알아본 서로 다른 알고리즘에 따른 가이드의 정확성을 비교 분석한 결과를 제시한다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.39 no.5
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• pp.516-521
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• 2015

This study is about a hydrogen mitigation system in a containment building like an offshore or a nuclear plant. A hydrogen explosion is possibly happened after condensation of steam if hydrogen releases with steam in a containment buildings. Passive autocatalytic recombiner is the one of the measures, but the performance of this equipment is not sure because the distribution of hydrogen is very irregular and is not predicted correctly. This study proposes a new approach for improving the hydrogen removing performance with hydrogen-guiding property. The steam is simulated and analysed. The results show that the shallow air containment reduced over 55% of the released hydrogen and the deep air containment type reduces over 80% of released hydrogen.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.323-327
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• 2002

Chronic diabetic patients need to sample capillary blood for monitoring and controlling the blood sugar level. Frequent sampling requires to minimize pain during skin puncture. The present study developed mechanisms to minimize pain with effective sampling procedure. which consisted of tapered spring, guiding tunnel, and 30G needle Penetration depth was limited to within 2mm for pain reduction as well as for safety. Simple no-reuse mechanism also prevented the cross-patient and secondary infection possibility. Clinical experiments demonstrated the best convenience and safety with minimal pain in the diabetes, normal, and nursing students groups. Sing1e blood sampling was enough for successful blood sugar test by portable analyzer. The present sing1e use auto-lancet should be of great convenience in frequent capillary blood sampling for the diabetes.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.59.3-59.3
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• 2015

National Youth Space Center will complete installation of the NYSC 1m Telescope in this year. Before completion of the telescope, we present the software design of JTCS, and the preliminary result of tracking performance by JTCS and mount of the telescope. JTCS currently uses commercial software of the Sky X, for the real-time coordinates of various objects, such as asteroids, comets, and even satellites. In order to guarantee flexibility in CCD detectors, the MaxIm DL software was adopted and JTCS provides auto-guiding and scheduled image-taking with MaxIm DL. We are now stabilizing the telescope mount and JTCS with long-exposure tests, and gathering the preliminary data of tracking performance.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.72.1-72.1
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• 2013

Camera for QUasars in EArly uNiverse (CQUEAN) is an optical CCD camera, developed by Center for Exploration of Origin of the Universe (CEOU), which is now searching for high red shift quasar candidates. It has been operated since 2010, attached to the 2.1m Otto Struve telescope at the McDonald Observatory, USA. Based on the previous operation experiences, we present CQUEAN II system design which has a new filter wheel allowing with 20 narrow band filters. In addition, the auto guiding system will be rearranged and the interfacing units between the telescope and the instrument will become stabilized.

• Spatial Information Research
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.117-127
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to develop the auto-building algorithm of the Geometric Network Model(GNM), a topology model including geometric information because of the need to reflect the features' geometric characteristic into the topology model, which is for development of indoor 3D virtual model enabling queries. As the critical algorithm, the Straight Medial Axis Transformation(SMAT) algorithm is proposed in order to automatically extract the medial axis of features. The SMAT algorithm is generalized from the existing S-MAT algorithm and a range of target features where applicable is extended from simple polygons to weakly simple polygons which mean the polygons containing the inner ring inside. The GNM built automatically is finally printed out as the .csv file for easy access and w ide application in other systems. This auto-building algorithm of the GNM is available for plenty of cases such as finding a shortest path, guiding a route in emergency situation, and semantic analysis.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.52.1-52.1
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• 2015

We have recently installed SQUEAN on the 82 inch telescope at the McDonald Observatory, USA. This instrument consists of an ANDOR CCD camera, a focal reducer, an electronic box, an auto guiding system and a new filter wheel which holds up to 20 filters. Currently the filter wheel is equipped with Johnson-Cousins BVRI filters, SDSS rizY and isiz filters, and 50nm medium band pass filters (M625(625nm), M675(675nm), M725(725nm), M775(775nm), M825(825nm), M875(875nm), M925s(925nm), M975(975nm), and M1025(1025nm)). Our medium band pass filter system is suitable with SED fitting. Filter transformation methods are essential for time-domain observations including transient objects, e.g., supernovae, variable stars, and solar system bodies. In this work, we develop a series of equations to convert the open clusters photometry data within these filter systems.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.132.1-132.1
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• 2011

2.1m Otto Struve 망원경은 미국 McDonald 천문대에 있는 광학망원경으로, 초기우주천체 연구단은 현재 카세그레인 초점에 CQUEAN(Camera for QUasars in EArly uNiverse) 시스템을 부착하여 장기 관측 과제를 수행 중이다. 향후 주 초점을 이용한 관측에 대비하여 본 연구에서는 2.1m Otto Struve 망원경의 파인더에 FLI 4K CCD를 부착하여 자동조준 시스템 테스트를 수행하였다. 파인더 망원경의 제원은 구경 254mm, 초점거리 3038mm이며, FLI 4K CCD의 제원은 해상도 $4096{\times}4096$ 화소, 화소 크기 $9{\mu}m{\times}9{\mu}m$로서, 파인더 망원경 초점면에서 픽셀스케일 0.61"/pixel, 시야 $41.6'{\times}41.6'$이다. 자동조준 소프트웨어는 McDonald 천문대의 agdr-1.14를 사용하였다. 자동조준 카메라(4K CCD)의 영상을 통해 파인더 망원경에서의 시야와 한계등급을 구하였다. 여러 방향으로 망원경을 조준하여 2.1m 망원경에 부착된 CQUEAN과 파인더 망원경에 부착된 4K CCD 각각에서 영상을 얻고, 이들의 중심좌표를 비교함으로써 중력에 의한 망원경의 휨 효과를 조사하였다. 더하여 자동조준 설정을 바꿔가며 CQUEAN으로 NGC 6633의 장기 노출 영상을 얻고, 이들 영상에서 별 모양 특성을 분석하여 각각의 조건에서 자동조준 시스템의 성능을 조사하였다. 이상의 연구결과를 토대로 2.1m Otto Struve 망원경의 주 초점 관측 시 파인더 망원경을 이용한 자동조준장치 시스템 활용에 대해 제언하고자 한다.