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U-SmART - SMALL APERTURE ROBOTIC TELESCOPES FOR UNIVERSITIES

  • GUPTA, RANJAN (Inter University Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics) ;
  • SINGH, HARINDER P. (Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi) ;
  • KANBUR, SHASHI M. (State University of New York) ;
  • SCHRIMPF, ANDREAS (Philipps-Universitaet Marburg) ;
  • DERSCH, CHRISTIAN (Philipps-Universitaet Marburg)
  • Received : 2014.11.30
  • Accepted : 2015.06.30
  • Published : 2015.09.30
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Abstract

A group of universities have come together with the aim of designing and developing Small Aperture Robotic Telescopes (SmART) for use by students to observe variable stars and transient follow-ups. The group is deliberating on the components of the robotic system; e.g. the telescope, the mount, the back-end camera, control software, and their integration keeping in mind the scientific objectives. The prototype might then be replicated by all the participating universities to provide round the clock observations from sites spread evenly in longitude across the globe. Progress made so far is reported in this paper.

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