Building the Sonoma State University Robotic Telescope
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What is a robotic telescope?
Scriptable telescope mount
Scriptable CCD camera
Further capabilities required for a robotic telescope system
Proposed categories for robotic telescopes
Some established robotic telescope systems
The Fairborn Telescope Farm
The Hanna City Robotic Observatory
URSA Undergraduate Research Studies in Astronomy
PPT Slide
How can I get one of these cool robotic telescope systems?
A Robotic Telescopic Model
What should the ideal robotic telescope model provide?
What are the available options for building a robotic telescope?
Some possible commercial sources for robotic telescopes
Possible resources for building robotic telescopes
The SSU Observatory and its Telescopes
The Epoch Telescope
The ST-7 CCD camera on the Epoch telescope
Close-up of the ST-7
The C14 telescope ...and some computers
In the command seat for the Epoch telescope...
Science at SSUO
The Epoch Telescope at SSU
The Epoch Telescope Software
The future of Epoch… (Information provided by Kevin Medlock.)
All we need now is the money and we will build one of those cool robotic telescope systems!
More Information
Email: gordon.spear@sonoma.edu
Home Page: http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/people/faculty/spear/