Shared skies partnership: a dual-site all-sky live remote observing initiative for research and education
Poster
Paper/Presentation Title | Shared skies partnership: a dual-site all-sky live remote observing initiative for research and education |
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Presentation Type | Poster |
Authors | Kielkopf, John F. (Author), Hart, Rhodes (Author), Carter, Brad (Author), Collins, Karen A. (Author), Brown, Carolyn (Author), Hay, Jeff (Author), Hons, Alex (Author) and Marsden, S (Author) |
Journal or Proceedings Title | 223rd American Astronomical Society Meeting |
Number of Pages | 1 |
Year | 2014 |
Place of Publication | Washington, DC. United States |
Conference/Event | 223rd American Astronomical Society Meeting |
Event Details | 223rd American Astronomical Society Meeting Event Date 05 to end of 09 Jan 2014 Event Location Washington, United States |
Abstract | The University of Southern Queensland's Mt. Kent Observatory in Queensland, Australia, and the University of Louisville's Moore Observatory in Kentucky, USA, are collaborating in the development of live remote observing for research, student training, and education. With a focus on flexible operation assisted by semi-autonomous controllers, rather than completely robotic data acquisition, the partnership provides interactive hands-on experience to students at all levels, optimized performance based on real-time observations, and flexible scheduling for transient events and targets of opportunity. Two sites on opposites sides of the globe cover the entire sky, and for equatorial regions allow nearly continuous coverage. The facilites include 0.5-m corrected Dall-Kirkham (CDK) telescopes at both sites, a 0.6 m Ritchie-Chretien telescope at Moore, and a new Nasmyth design 0.7-meter CDK at Mt. Kent instrumented for milli-magnitude precision photometry and wide field imaging, with spectrographs under development. We will describe the operational and data acquisition software, recent research results, and how remote access is being made available to students and observers. |
Keywords | observatories; remote access; students; interactive |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 510109. Stellar astronomy and planetary systems |
400909. Photonic and electro-optical devices, sensors and systems (excl. communications) | |
519999. Other physical sciences not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | (c) 2014 American Astronomical Society. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Louisville, United States |
Centre for Astronomy, Solar Radiation and Climate | |
Computational Engineering and Science Research Centre | |
School of Agricultural, Computational and Environmental Sciences | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Edition | American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #223, #148.08 |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q281q/shared-skies-partnership-a-dual-site-all-sky-live-remote-observing-initiative-for-research-and-education
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