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The research potential of small telescopes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Brian Warner
Brian Warner*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town, 7700 Rondebosch. South Africa

Abstract

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The use of small telescopes for the production of significant research is examined from the points of view of cost-effectiveness, notable successes already achieved, the advantages over large telescopes in the areas of efficiency, availability, flexibility and serendipitous and speculative observation. It is concluded that small telescopes have an increasingly important role to play in modern astronomy.

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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 118: Instrumentation and Research Programmes for Small Telescopes , 1986 , pp. 3 - 16
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Copyright © Reidel 1986 

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