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The Impact of Light Pollution on a Proposed Automatic Telescope Network (ATN) and Vice Versa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2016

John R. Mattox ,
Stefan Wagner ,
Gino Tosti  and
Kent Honeycutt
John R. Mattox
Affiliation:
Institute for Astrophysical Research, Boston University; Mattox@bu.edu
Stefan Wagner
Affiliation:
Landessternwarte Heidelberg; swagner@lsw.uni-heidelberg.de
Gino Tosti
Affiliation:
Perugia University; Gino.Tosti@pg.infn.it
Kent Honeycutt
Affiliation:
Indiana University; HONEY@struve.astro.indiana.edu

Abstract

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We are proposing to operate a Network of Automatic Telescopes (ATN) for CCD imaging to conduct diverse astrophysical investigations and as a resource for science education. Coordinated utilization of telescopes at diverse sites provides the possibility of obtaining continuous photometry without diurnal interruption. We describe this project and discuss how it is impacted by light pollution, and conversely, how it might mitigate the growth of light pollution.

Type
Part 2. Threats to Optical Astronomy
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 196: Preserving the Astronomical Sky , 2001 , pp. 163 - 165
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001 

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