INSTRUMENTATION AT THE GETTYSBURG OBSERVATORY….And what to do with it

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INSTRUMENTATION AT THE GETTYSBURG OBSERVATORY….And what to do with it. American Astronomical Society 205 th meeting, San Diego, Jan 13, 2005. Gettysburg College Observatory view from the southeast. The Gettysburg 16” Reflector. F/11 0.4 m Mfr. Ealing, 1968 Upgrade by ACE, Tucson, 1996 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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  • INSTRUMENTATION AT THE GETTYSBURG OBSERVATORY.And what to do with it.American Astronomical Society 205th meeting, San Diego, Jan 13, 2005

  • Gettysburg College Observatoryview from the southeast

  • The Gettysburg 16 ReflectorF/11 0.4 mMfr. Ealing, 1968Upgrade by ACE, Tucson, 1996Camera: Photometrics 350; TE Cooled; High Speed readoutChip: SiTE 003B 1024 x 1024 pixelsACE 2-wheel filter box; 16 slotsSTV-Offset Guider

  • Camera and Filter Box

  • Computer Control from Remote Warm Room(software and Hardware by ACE)

  • Offset Guider and Tube Cooling

  • SBIG STV Automatic Guider

  • Auxiliary Chilled Water Circulator for CCD

  • Dome Control and Dome Cooling

  • Warm Room Controls and Hardware

  • Astronomers View of the ControlsAutoguiderTelescope ControlCCD controlAutoguider DisplaySidereal TimeUniversal TimeDVDVHSStereo/FM

  • Guider and CCD controls

  • CCD and Telescope Controls

  • The ACE Telescope Control Screen

  • Observatory Monitors and Sidereal Timebase

  • Filter Controller (serial data input)

  • Observatory Power Control(manual and computer controlled)

  • Observing Aids: Phase predictor for eclipsing Binary Stars

  • Automatic Image Data Logging

  • OBSERVING PROJECTSFACULTY-STUDENT RESEARCHAstrometry of critical list asteroidsPhotometry of Eclipsing Binary Stars --- collaboration with G. Torres, et al, CFATarget of Opportunity Light curves of bright supernovaTransits of Extrasolar PlanetsADVANCED PHYSICS LAB EXERCISESCCD photometry of short period variables ( Scuti, SX Phe)Astrometry of bright asteroids

  • Photometry of Eclipsing Binaries and Bright Supernovas

  • Extrasolar Planet Photometry

  • The Gettysburg Asteroid Patrol:Search Strategy

  • Software to Blink and Measure Asteroids

  • The Gettysburg Asteroid Patrol T-Shirt Logo

  • A wider angle view of the Gettysburg College Observatory

  • October, 2004: the bad newsClark Field opens..