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The Robotic Earthshine Telescope

Darudi, Ahmad LU ; Owner-Petersen, Mette LU ; Thejll, Peter ; Gleisner, Hans ; Taylor, David LU ; Ale-Ebrahem, Majid and Andersen, Torben LU (2010) Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes III 7733. p.8-77332
Abstract
Lund Observatory is presently designing and constructing a robotic telescope dedicated to studies of the Earth's albedo by measuring the ratio between the intensity of the dark and bright sides of the Moon. The telescope will operate both in broadband and narrow-band modes over the entire visible wavelength range and will transmit observational results back to the operation team over the Internet. Design challenges, in particular related to choice of CCD and stray light suppression, are described, together with the design of the optics, control system, and enclosure. Finally we present results from laboratory tests. The telescope will go into operation in the first half of 2011.
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host publication
Proceedings of the SPIE
editor
Stepp, Larry M ; Gilmozzi, Roberto and Hall, Helen J.
volume
7733
pages
8 - 77332
publisher
SPIE
conference name
Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes III
conference location
San Diego, United States
conference dates
2010-06-27 - 2010-07-02
external identifiers
  • wos:000285506700088
  • scopus:77958143791
ISSN
0277-786X
1996-756X
DOI
10.1117/12.857126
language
English
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yes
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  author       = {{Darudi, Ahmad and Owner-Petersen, Mette and Thejll, Peter and Gleisner, Hans and Taylor, David and Ale-Ebrahem, Majid and Andersen, Torben}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings of the SPIE}},
  editor       = {{Stepp, Larry M and Gilmozzi, Roberto and Hall, Helen J.}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{8--77332}},
  publisher    = {{SPIE}},
  title        = {{The Robotic Earthshine Telescope}},
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  doi          = {{10.1117/12.857126}},
  volume       = {{7733}},
  year         = {{2010}},
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