HUNTING DOOMSDAY ASTEROIDS

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INSTRUMENTATION AT THE GETTYSBURG
OBSERVATORY.And what to do with it.
American Astronomical Society 205th meeting, San
Diego, Jan 13, 2005
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Gettysburg College Observatoryview from the
southeast
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The Gettysburg 16 Reflector

• F/11 0.4 m
• Mfr. Ealing, 1968
• Upgrade by ACE, Tucson, 1996
• Camera Photometrics 350 TE Cooled High Speed
  readout
• Chip SiTE 003B 1024 x 1024 pixels
• ACE 2-wheel filter box 16 slots
• STV-Offset Guider

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Camera and Filter Box
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Computer Control from Remote Warm Room(software
and Hardware by ACE)
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Offset Guider and Tube Cooling
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SBIG STV Automatic Guider
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Auxiliary Chilled Water Circulator for CCD
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Dome Control and Dome Cooling
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Warm Room Controls and Hardware
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Astronomers View of the Controls
DVD
VHS
Sidereal Time
Universal Time
Autoguider Display
Stereo/FM
Autoguider
Telescope Control
CCD control
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Guider and CCD controls
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CCD and Telescope Controls
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The ACE Telescope Control Screen
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Observatory Monitors and Sidereal Timebase
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Filter Controller (serial data input)
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Observatory Power Control(manual and computer
controlled)
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Observing Aids Phase predictor for eclipsing
Binary Stars
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Automatic Image Data Logging
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OBSERVING PROJECTS

• FACULTY-STUDENT RESEARCH
• Astrometry of critical list asteroids
• Photometry of Eclipsing Binary Stars ---
  collaboration with G. Torres, et al, CFA
• Target of Opportunity Light curves of bright
  supernova
• Transits of Extrasolar Planets
• ADVANCED PHYSICS LAB EXERCISES
• CCD photometry of short period variables (d
  Scuti, SX Phe)
• Astrometry of bright asteroids

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Photometry of Eclipsing Binaries and Bright
Supernovas
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Extrasolar Planet Photometry
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The Gettysburg Asteroid PatrolSearch Strategy
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Software to Blink and Measure Asteroids
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The Gettysburg Asteroid Patrol T-Shirt Logo
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A wider angle view of the Gettysburg College
Observatory
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October, 2004 the bad newsClark Field opens..
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