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Robotic Telescopes: A Link between Astronomically Developed and Astronomically Developing Countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Peter Martinez
Peter Martinez*
Affiliation:
South African Astronomical Observatory, P.O. Box 9, Observatory 7935, South Africa

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Astronomers in developing countries are often confronted with multiple problems of access to good equipment and access to good astronomical sites. While there is no subsititute for personal experience of using qood equipment at a good site, access to robotic telescopes can address these problems of access to some extent. This paper explores the possibilities for at least moderately experienced observational astronomers in developing countries to conduct observing programmes using remote robotic telescopes at good astronomical sites.

Type
Section 5: Small Telescopes or Internet Access?
Information
Transactions of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 24 , Issue 3: Special session: Astronomy for Developing Countries , 2001 , pp. 314
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2001