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..