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This 20 page paper discusses the telescopes that are in use, some of their extraordinary findings, and several software systems that can be used with these robots. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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of them without the intervention of astronomers. The field has grown amazingly quickly, and there are now robotic telescopes in use all over the world. Some are private,
some are in institutions, some are in government; but they are all united by one principle: they can scan the skies for months on end, surpassing human efforts in
this area. This paper discusses the telescopes that are in use, some of their extraordinary findings, and several software systems that can be used with these robots.
Telescopes in Use Louis Boyd built the first robotic telescope in the world in 1983, at his home near downtown Phoenix (Genet, 1994). It had a ten-inch aperture
and decided for itself, though following "rules" devised by Boyd and Genet, which stars it would observe first (Genet, 1994). Boyd and Genet wanted it to keep track of
one of two stars in a binary system, because the star was covered with huge dark spots (Genet, 1994). The best way to see how these spots changed over
time seemed to be to use a robot, which they did; Genet describes the operation of this telescope and the noises of its motors (Genet, 1994). The telescope
was called a "Phoenix-10" and it was equipped with "stepper motors" that moved it: first it moved to "the vicinity of the chosen star"; then, in short bursts, it
scanned the nearby area "methodically" [until] it found the desired star" - the star was the only bright object in the area - and finally it centered the image of
the star in "a diaphragm not much larger than a pin hole" (Genet, 1994, p. 12). Another motor moved a glass filter "that only let ultraviolet light through"
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