The Robotic Earthshine Telescope
Author
Editor
- Larry M Stepp
- Roberto Gilmozzi
- Helen J. Hall
Summary, in English
Lund Observatory is presently designing and constructing a robotic telescope dedicated to studies of the Earth's albedo by measuring the ratio between the intensity of the dark and bright sides of the Moon. The telescope will operate both in broadband and narrow-band modes over the entire visible wavelength range and will transmit observational results back to the operation team over the Internet. Design challenges, in particular related to choice of CCD and stray light suppression, are described, together with the design of the optics, control system, and enclosure. Finally we present results from laboratory tests. The telescope will go into operation in the first half of 2011.
Department/s
Publishing year
2010
Language
English
Pages
8-77332
Publication/Series
Proceedings of the SPIE
Volume
7733
Document type
Conference paper
Publisher
SPIE
Topic
- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Conference name
Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes III
Conference date
2010-06-27 - 2010-07-02
Conference place
San Diego, United States
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0277-786X
- ISSN: 1996-756X