The Pomona College PINTO Internet telescope and Near Earth Asteroid Research

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Jan 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21743311p&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #433.11; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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We present the results of a remotely operated telescope known as PINTO, the Pomona College Internet Telescope, and the campaign for monitoring a sample of Near Earth Asteroids. We have observed over 150 asteroids with the system, and we present some of the details of the Python-based robotic control system, and our data reduction pipeline. Our PINTO telescope is based in New Mexico, but is controlled by a set of Python routines that generate NEO ephemeris data, schedule and execute observations, and automatically sequence the observations with standard star observations. In addition, we have enabled our Claremont, CA telescopes for remote operation, and we describe some of our plans for using the network of telescope for asteroid study and transient followup.

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