2026-09-19T21:38:04Zhttps://dspace.mit.edu/server/oai/requestoai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/1141242022-01-13T07:53:59Zcom_1721.1_7582com_1721.1_7581col_1721.1_131024
Richard Binzel and Michael Person.
Kosiarek, Molly (Molly R.)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
2018-03-12T19:30:54Z
2018-03-12T19:30:54Z
2015
2015
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114124
1027722746
Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2015.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-76).
The construction and characterization of an autonomous telescope began in Fall 2014 at the MIT George R. Wallace, Jr. Astrophysical Observatory. An 11-inch Cassegrain Telescope was assembled in a 10-foot Technical Innovations ProDome. This telescope, the Small AUtonomous Robotic Optical Nightwatcher (SAURON), has the potential to autonomously collect photometric images. Data were taken on T-And0-15785, an eclipsing binary star, in order to test and characterize the system. The out-of-ecliptic R magnitude of T-AndO-15785 was found to be 13.487 ± 0.016. The magnitude changes for the primary and secondary eclipses were found to be 0.72 ± 0.036 and 0.62 ± 0.031 R magnitudes respectively. The telescope, SAURON, is currently able to locate targets and collect data robotically with an observer monitoring from afar.
by Molly Kosiarek.
S.B.
76 pages
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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