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A New Objective for the Allegheny Observatory 30-Inch Refractor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

George D. Gatewood ,
Joost Kiewiet de Jonge ,
John Stein  and
Charles DiFatta
George D. Gatewood
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh, Allegheny Observatory, Observatory Station, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15214
Joost Kiewiet de Jonge
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh, Allegheny Observatory, Observatory Station, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15214
John Stein
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh, Allegheny Observatory, Observatory Station, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15214
Charles DiFatta
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh, Allegheny Observatory, Observatory Station, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15214

Abstract

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As a follow-up to the development of astrometric detectors of sufficient accuracy to detect extrasolar planetary systems, the Allegheny Observatory is modernizing their 30-inch Thaw Refractor. Changes include a new objective lens and the transition of the observational bandpass from blue light to red. The new system will have sufficient accuracy to detect jovian planets orbiting any of several dozen of the Sun's nearest stellar neighbors.

Type
Section II. The Search for Other Planetary Systems
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 112: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life: Recent Developments , 1985 , pp. 65 - 74
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1985 

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