APT's - Automatic photoelectric telescopes

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Jul 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985s%26t....70...16b&link_type=abstract

Sky and Telescope (ISSN 0037-6604), vol. 70, July 1985, p. 16-19.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Automatic Control, Binary Stars, Comets, Photoelectricity, Stellar Spectrophotometry, Telescopes, Comet Nuclei, Comet Tails, Giacobini-Zinner Comet, Microcomputers

Scientific paper

In an automatic photoelectric telescope (APT), the photometric instrument with which measurements are made also undertakes the identification and centering of the stars to be observed. A microcomputer operates both the photometer and telescope, and in addition decides the time and order of observations. APTs are noted to excell in the detection of variable stars with properties, such as long periods, which could easily be missed during the shorter observation runs to which human astronomers are accustomed. A detailed account is given of an APT's typical operating cycle.

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