All sky monitoring network with amateur telescopes

Zhonghua Fang; Chun Xu

doi:10.1117/12.925676

13 September 2012 All sky monitoring network with amateur telescopes

Zhonghua Fang, Chun Xu

Proceedings Volume 8448, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems IV; 84480H (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925676
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

We describe here a multiband all sky monitoring system under construction using amateur resources. The system consists of a data management center and a network of telescopes. The total number of telescopes in this network can be huge and all the telescopes are not affected by their local weather or their operability so this network is capable of monitoring the whole night sky simultaneously in many different bands. The telescopes in the network can be operated on an individual basis or on a coordinated mode. The data taken by the telescopes in the network are sent to the data management center via internet where calibration, data fusion, data analysis are performed.

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Zhonghua Fang and Chun Xu "All sky monitoring network with amateur telescopes", Proc. SPIE 8448, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems IV, 84480H (13 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925676

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