MSE observatory: a revised and optimized astronomical facility

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven E. Bauman ◽  
Mathieu Angers ◽  
Tom Benedict ◽  
David Crampton ◽  
Nicolas Flagey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Astronomical Facility

scholarly journals Status of astronomy in Rwanda and volunteer work at Kigali Institute of Education (KIE)

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (H16) ◽  
pp. 544-544
Author(s):  
M. Pović ◽  
P. Nkundabakura ◽  
J. Uwamahoro
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
South African ◽  
Space Science ◽  
Volunteer Work ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
The South ◽  
Ongoing Effort ◽  
Physics Department ◽  
Astronomical Facility

Until 2009, astronomy was undeveloped in Rwanda, without astronomy courses at universities and schools, astronomical facilities, or any outreach programmes. With the international year of astronomy in 2009, Dr. Pheneas Nkundabakura and Dr. Jean Uwamahoro from the KIE Maths-Physics department, both graduates from the South African NASSP Programme (http://www.star.ac.za), started a program of implementing the astronomical knowledge at schools and universities. During the same year 2009, IAU donated 100 galileoscopes for the secondary schools, and several astronomy workshops were organised for the teachers. IAU donated also 5 laptops to help students and lecturers to learn and use astronomy software. With this, KIE students have now a possibility to choose astronomy/space science for their undergraduate final year research projects. Moreover, there is an ongoing effort to look for further collaboration towards establishing the first astronomical facility (observatory) in the country.

The 100 cm Optical Telescope Instrumentation

1972 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. G. Waterworth
Keyword(s):  
Optical Telescope ◽  
Astronomical Facility

An optical astronomical facility is being established near Hobart where the emphasis is being placed upon spectroscopy. A 40 cm telescope and Coudé spectrograph is already operational, and the 100 cm instrument will be operational by mid-1973. In this paper discussion is restricted to the 100 cm instrumentation.

scholarly journals Optimization of the Observing Cadence for the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time: A Pioneering Process of Community-focused Experimental Design

2021 ◽  
Vol 258 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federica B. Bianco ◽  
Željko Ivezić ◽  
R. Lynne Jones ◽  
Melissa L. Graham ◽  
Phil Marshall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
Massive Data ◽  
Joint Project ◽  
Access Policy ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Survey Strategy ◽  
Under Construction ◽  
Astronomical Facility

Abstract Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a ground-based astronomical facility under construction, a joint project of the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy, designed to conduct a multipurpose 10 yr optical survey of the Southern Hemisphere sky: the Legacy Survey of Space and Time. Significant flexibility in survey strategy remains within the constraints imposed by the core science goals of probing dark energy and dark matter, cataloging the solar system, exploring the transient optical sky, and mapping the Milky Way. The survey’s massive data throughput will be transformational for many other astrophysics domains and Rubin’s data access policy sets the stage for a huge community of potential users. To ensure that the survey science potential is maximized while serving as broad a community as possible, Rubin Observatory has involved the scientific community at large in the process of setting and refining the details of the observing strategy. The motivation, history, and decision-making process of this strategy optimization are detailed in this paper, giving context to the science-driven proposals and recommendations for the survey strategy included in this Focus Issue.

scholarly journals A Global Robotic Telescope Network for Time-Domain Science

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (S285) ◽  
pp. 408-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Street ◽  
T. A. Lister ◽  
Y. Tsapras ◽  
A. Shporer ◽  
F. B. Bianco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Network Design ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Technical Failure ◽  
Network Approach ◽  
Robotic Telescope ◽  
Astronomical Facility

AbstractLas Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network (LCOGT) is currently building a new kind of general-purpose astronomical facility: a fully robotic network of telescopes of 2m, 1m and 0.4m apertures and homogeneous instrumentation. A pan-network approach to scheduling (rather than per individual telescope) offers redundancy in the event of poor weather or technical failure, as well as the ability to observe a target around the clock. Here we describe the network design and instrumentation under development, together with the main science programmes already being lead by LCOGT staff.

scholarly journals A Potential Site for the World's Largest Single Dish, FAST

2001 ◽  
Vol 196 ◽  
pp. 272-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Peng ◽  
R. G. Strom ◽  
R. Nan
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Guizhou Province ◽  
Frequency Range ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
Potential Site ◽  
Additional Site ◽  
Square Kilometer Array ◽  
Xinjiang Autonomous Region ◽  
Astronomical Facility ◽  
Astronomical Station

We have carried out a series of measurements at some locations in Guizhou Province and one additional site at the Urumqi Astronomical Station in the Xinjiang autonomous region, to check on their suitability, from the point of view of interference, for the construction of a Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST). This large facility will in some sense act as a prototype for the Square Kilometer Array (SKA). Measurements were made using a commercial receiver in the frequency range 25–1500 MHz. The results in Guizhou look quite promising. A protected radio quiet zone in Guizhou would make it an ideal location for an international radio astronomical facility, and would establish the FAST site as a natural SKA location.

scholarly journals ASTRONET. The network for analysis and retrieval of astronomical data in Italy

1982 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 67-71
Author(s):  
G. Sedmak
Keyword(s):  
Software Environment ◽  
Astronomical Data ◽  
International Astronomical ◽  
Graphics Standards ◽  
Astronomical Facility ◽  
Standard Software

AbstractASTRONET, the network for analysis and retrieval of astronomical data planned in Italy, is described with regard to the organization of the network, the hardware, and the standard software environment. ASTRONET starts with four VAX centers operating within 1981, to be expanded to six within 1983.The network includes colour graphics and PDS plates digitization facilities. The software and graphics standards will be set as compatible as possible to major existing astronomical standards. ASTRONET is planned to be operative within 1983 as an open international astronomical facility.

An ‘X-Banded’ Tidbinbilla Interferometer

1986 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-353
Author(s):  
Michael J. Batty ◽  
R. G. Gardyne ◽  
G.J. Gay ◽  
S. Gulkis ◽  
David L. Jauncey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radio Source ◽  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
Band System ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Fringe Spacing ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Measurement Capability ◽  
X Band ◽  
Astronomical Facility ◽  
Radio Stars

AbstractThe recent upgrading of the Tidbinbilla two-element interferometer to simultaneous S-band (2.3 GHz) and X-band (8.4 GHz) operation has provided a powerful new astronomical facility for weak radio source measurement in the Southern Hemisphere. The new X-band system has a minimum fringe spacing of 38 arcsec, and about the same positional measurement capability (approximately 2 arcsec) and sensitivity (1 s rms noise of 10 mJy) as the previous S-band system. However, the far lower confusion limit will allow detection and accurate positional measurements for sources as weak as a few millijanskys. This capability will be invaluable for observations of radio stars, X-ray sources and other weak, compact radio sources.

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