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History of Robotic and
Remotely Operated Telescopes
Russell M. Genet
California Polytechnic State University
The First Robotic Telescope
The Great Robotic Shootout
The Fairborn Observatory
Early Automation
APT Service on Mt. Hopkins
Observatory Automation
Principal Astronomers
Remote Access
Precision & Quality Control
Networking
Human Networking
Epilog
Portable Meter-Class Astronomy
Developmental and Observational Programs
Hawaii Conference January 20-22, 2012
• Lightweight mirrors
• Active primary and secondary mirrors
• Multiple mirrors
• Visual and astro-imaging
• High speed photometry
• NIR photometry
• Spectroscopy
There's really not a lot of difference
conceptually in an automated
telescope service and a laundromat.
There's still some human effort to load
and unload them and occasional
maintenance. With either, a human
isn't tied up running each machine and
you get reasonably consistent results.
Lou Boyd