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The automated patrol telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

J. W. Cochrane ,
P. Mitchell ,
P. W. Payne ,
J. W. V. Storey  and
B. L. Webster
J. W. Cochrane
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South, Wales P.O. Box 1 Kensington, NSW 2033 Australia
P. Mitchell
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South, Wales P.O. Box 1 Kensington, NSW 2033 Australia
P. W. Payne
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South, Wales P.O. Box 1 Kensington, NSW 2033 Australia
J. W. V. Storey
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South, Wales P.O. Box 1 Kensington, NSW 2033 Australia
B. L. Webster
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South, Wales P.O. Box 1 Kensington, NSW 2033 Australia

Abstract

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A new astronomical system is nearing completion at U.N.S.W. in which a charge coupled device (CCD) array detector is matched to a Schmidt telescope, with the observations completely analyzed on-line. We have modified a Baker-Nunn satellite tracking camera, with its excellent 0.5m, f/1 super-Schmidt optics, converting it into a computer-controlled equatorially-mounted astronomical telescope. The telescope is expected to be located at Siding Spring Observatory in north-western New South Wales.

Type
I. Telescopes and Instrumentation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 118: Instrumentation and Research Programmes for Small Telescopes , 1986 , pp. 85 - 86
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1986