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Development of an Automatic System of 36 cm Telescope for the Web-based Teaching in Astronomical Observation (인터넷 활용 천체관측 교육을 위한 36 cm 망원경의 자동화 시스템 개발)

  • Kim, Hee-Soo;Yang, Jong-Woo;Kim, Hyouk;Han, In-Woo;Kang, Nam-Hwa
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.431-444
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    • 2007
  • An automatic system of 36 cm telescope for the Web Based astronomy education was developed. The tracking accuracy of this system was about 1"/min. The pointing accuracy was ${\pm}10"$ in the right ascension direction, ${\pm}20"$ in the declination direction. These results will be improved continuously. The results of IRAF image analysis for the pilot observation data were stable, which means that this remote astronomical observation system is suitable f3r the education of astronomical observation.

AN OBSERVATION PROGRAM FOR THE SOAO 2K CCD CAMERA (소백산천문대 2K CCD 카메라용 관측 프로그램 개발)

  • KIM SEUNG-LEE;KYEONG JAE-MANN;KWON SUN-GIL;YOUN JAE-HYOUK
    • Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.37-42
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    • 2001
  • We developed an observation program for a 2K CCD camera, which was newly attached at the SOAO (Sobaeksan Optical Astronomy Observatory) 61cm telescope. The program was designed to control the telescope as well as the CCD camera and to monitor the CCD image quality, with very easy under the window-based graphical user interface (GUI). Furthermore, applying the automated differential photometric algorithm, we can obtain the instrumental magnitudes of several variable and comparison stars in real-time. Simultaneous photometry enables us to get precise differential magnitudes of variable stars even if the weather condition is not photometric. This new observation system has been using for many astronomical observations from September, 2001.

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