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The Strömgren Automatic Telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Ralph Florentin-Nielsen*
Affiliation:
Copenhagen University Observatory

Abstract

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Copenhagen University Observatory operates a 52cm Cassegrain telescope at ESO, La Silla (Chile) for photoelectric photometry in a completely automatic mode. Alternatively, the telescope may be operated, remotely, from Europe. We report on the operational experience from more than four years of successful use and on the decision by ESO to establish a similar system on their photometric telescope.

Type
Session 4 Automatic Photoelectric Telescopes and Extinction
Copyright
Copyright © C.J. Butler and I. Elliottt 1993

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