Reaching towards 20th Magnitude from a Central Campus Observatory

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Dec 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000aas...197.8713d&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, 197th AAS Meeting, #87.13; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 32, p.1557

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Using a commercially available 20 cm SCT telescope and CCD camera I have been able to image objects approaching 20th magnitude from the Cordell-Lorenz Observatory, a rooftop observatory located on the central quadrangle of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. I have discovered several asteroids, tracked recent NEO discoveries, identified some of these objects as new comets, and obtained images of GRB 000926. By using commercially available Adaptive Optics with guide rates from 5 to 40 Hz and a CCD/F.L. combination to produce a pixel resolution of 2.11 arc sec, astrometry has been performed with a positional uncertainty of 0.3 arc sec. I use my equipment for laboratory exercises and class observing projects so students are involved in most of these activities. I have recently added online capabilities to my telescope systems.

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