Taiwan Automated Telescope Network
A global network of small automated telescopes, the Taiwan Automated Telescope (TAT) network, dedicated to photometric measurements of stellar pulsations, is under construction. Two telescopes have been installed in Teide Observatory, Tenerife, Spain and Maidanak Observatory, Uzbekistan. The third t...
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| author | Dean-Yi Chou Ming-Tsung Sun Javier Fernandez Fernandez Li-Han Wang Antonio Jimenez Alexander Serebryanskiy Shuhrat Ehgamberdiev |
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| description | A global network of small automated telescopes, the Taiwan Automated Telescope (TAT) network, dedicated to photometric measurements of stellar pulsations, is under construction. Two telescopes have been installed in Teide Observatory, Tenerife, Spain and Maidanak Observatory, Uzbekistan. The third telescope will be installed at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii, USA. Each system uses a 9-cm Maksutov-type telescope. The effective focal length is 225 cm, corresponding to an f-ratio of 25. The field of view is 0.62 degree square. The images are taken with a 16-bit 1024×1024 CCD camera. The telescope is equipped with UBVRI filters. Each telescope is fully automated. The telescope
can be operated either interactively or fully automatically. In the interactive mode, it can be controlled through the Internet. In the fully automatic mode, the telescope operates with preset parameters without any human care, including taking dark frames and flat frames. The network can also be used for studies that require continuous observations for selected objects. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4901fa2cbc254cb9a78f3947dacfccb22025-02-03T06:11:34ZengWileyAdvances in Astronomy1687-79691687-79772010-01-01201010.1155/2010/125340125340Taiwan Automated Telescope NetworkDean-Yi Chou0Ming-Tsung Sun1Javier Fernandez Fernandez2Li-Han Wang3Antonio Jimenez4Alexander Serebryanskiy5Shuhrat Ehgamberdiev6Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, TaiwanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Chang-Gung University, Kwei-San 33302, TaiwanDepartment of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, TaiwanDepartment of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, TaiwanInstituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, 38205 La Laguna, SpainUlugh Beg Astronomical Institute, 100052 Tashkent, UzbekistanUlugh Beg Astronomical Institute, 100052 Tashkent, UzbekistanA global network of small automated telescopes, the Taiwan Automated Telescope (TAT) network, dedicated to photometric measurements of stellar pulsations, is under construction. Two telescopes have been installed in Teide Observatory, Tenerife, Spain and Maidanak Observatory, Uzbekistan. The third telescope will be installed at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii, USA. Each system uses a 9-cm Maksutov-type telescope. The effective focal length is 225 cm, corresponding to an f-ratio of 25. The field of view is 0.62 degree square. The images are taken with a 16-bit 1024×1024 CCD camera. The telescope is equipped with UBVRI filters. Each telescope is fully automated. The telescope can be operated either interactively or fully automatically. In the interactive mode, it can be controlled through the Internet. In the fully automatic mode, the telescope operates with preset parameters without any human care, including taking dark frames and flat frames. The network can also be used for studies that require continuous observations for selected objects.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/125340 |
| spellingShingle | Dean-Yi Chou Ming-Tsung Sun Javier Fernandez Fernandez Li-Han Wang Antonio Jimenez Alexander Serebryanskiy Shuhrat Ehgamberdiev Taiwan Automated Telescope Network Advances in Astronomy |
| title | Taiwan Automated Telescope Network |
| title_full | Taiwan Automated Telescope Network |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Taiwan Automated Telescope Network |
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| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/125340 |
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