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REMOTE OBSERVATION SYSTEM ON WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW를 이용한 원격관측시스템)

  • PARK BYEONG-GON;YUK IN-SOO;HAN INWOO;KIM SEUNG-LEE;CHUN MOO-YOUNG;SEONG HYEON-CHEOL
    • Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.13 no.1 s.14
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    • pp.75-84
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    • 1998
  • We present the development of a remote observation system runnig on world wide web (WWW). The system consists of a 30cm Schmidt Cassegrain telescope and ST-7 CCD camera. We built the controllers and drivers of the telescope and the control softwares including the network control. The self-developed techniques in the hard wares and softwares can be applied to other projects in Korea. Observers can access the system via WWW home page, to reserve observation times, to send control commands, to retrieve images and various information useful for observation. This system can be widely used by students and amateur astronomers as well as professional astronomers who need a lot of small telescope time.

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Tidal Dwarf Galaxies around a Post-Merger Galaxy, NGC 4922

  • Sheen, Yun-Kyeong;Jeong, Hyun-Jin;Yi, Suk-Young K.;Ferreras, Ignacio;Lotz, Jennifer M.;Olsen, Knut A.G.;Dickinson, Mark;Barnes, Sydney;Lee, Young-Wook;Park, Jang-Hyun;Ree, Chang-H.
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.56.2-56.2
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    • 2009
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Correlation Between the “seeing FWHM” of Satellite Optical Observations and Meteorological Data at the OWL-Net Station, Mongolia

  • Bae, Young-Ho;Jo, Jung Hyun;Yim, Hong-Suh;Park, Young-Sik;Park, Sun-Youp;Moon, Hong Kyu;Choi, Young-Jun;Jang, Hyun-Jung;Roh, Dong-Goo;Choi, Jin;Park, Maru;Cho, Sungki;Kim, Myung-Jin;Choi, Eun-Jung;Park, Jang-Hyun
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.137-146
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    • 2016
  • The correlation between meteorological data collected at the optical wide-field patrol network (OWL-Net) Station No. 1 and the seeing of satellite optical observation data was analyzed. Meteorological data and satellite optical observation data from June 2014 to November 2015 were analyzed. The analyzed meteorological data were the outdoor air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and cloud index data, and the analyzed satellite optical observation data were the seeing full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) data. The annual meteorological pattern for Mongolia was analyzed by collecting meteorological data over four seasons, with data collection beginning after the installation and initial set-up of the OWL-Net Station No. 1 in Mongolia. A comparison of the meteorological data and the seeing of the satellite optical observation data showed that the seeing degrades as the wind strength increases and as the cloud cover decreases. This finding is explained by the bias effect, which is caused by the fact that the number of images taken on the less cloudy days was relatively small. The seeing FWHM showed no clear correlation with either temperature or relative humidity.

OPTICAL SURVEY WITH KMTNET FOR DUSTY STAR-FORMING GALAXIES IN THE AKARI DEEP FIELD SOUTH

  • JEONG, WOONG-SEOB;KO, KYEONGYEON;KIM, MINJIN;KO, JONGWAN;KIM, SAM;PYO, JEONGHYUN;KIM, SEONG JIN;KIM, TAEHYUN;SEO, HYUN JONG;PARK, WON-KEE;PARK, SUNG-JOON;KIM, MIN GYU;KIM, DONG JIN;CHA, SANG-MOK;LEE, YONGSEOK;LEE, CHUNG-UK;KIM, SEUNG-LEE;MATSUURA, SHUJI;PEARSON, CHRIS;MATSUHARA, HIDEO
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.49 no.5
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    • pp.225-232
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    • 2016
  • We present an optical imaging survey of AKARI Deep Field South (ADF-S) using the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet), to find optical counterparts of dusty star-forming galaxies. The ADF-S is a deep far-infrared imaging survey region with AKARI covering around 12 deg2, where the deep optical imaging data are not yet available. By utilizing the wide-field capability of the KMTNet telescopes (~4 deg2), we obtain optical images in B, R and I bands for three regions. The target depth of images in B, R and I bands is ~24 mag (AB) at 5σ, which enables us to detect most dusty star-forming galaxies discovered by AKARI in the ADF-S. Those optical datasets will be helpful to constrain optical spectral energy distributions as well as to identify rare types of dusty star-forming galaxies such as dust-obscured galaxy, sub-millimeter galaxy at high redshift.

A NEAR REAL-TIME FLARE ALERTING SYSTEM BASED ON GOES SOFT X-RAY FLUX

  • MOON Y.-J.;PARK Y. D.;SEONG H.-C.;LEE C.-W.;SIM K. J.;YUN H. S.
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.123-126
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    • 2000
  • We have developed a near real-time flare alerting system which (1) downloads the latest GOES-l0 1-8 ${\AA}$ X-ray flux 1-min data by an automated ftp program and shell scripts, (2) produces a beep sound in a simple IDL widget program when the flux is larger than a critical value, and (3) makes it possible to do a wireless alerting by a set of portable transceivers. Thanks to the system, we have made successful Ha flare observations by the Solar Flare Telescope in Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory. This system is expected to be helpful for ground-based flare observers.

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