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Swarthmore College Observatory Wiki

This website is for information relating to commissioning and operation of the Peter van de Kamp Observatory, funded by the National Science Foundation through its Program for Research and Education with Small Telescopes.

Equipment and Technical Information

• Spectrograph Setup
• Dome Control
• Software/hardware troubleshooting and workarounds

Documentation

• Software manuals
• Local operation documentation
  • Focusing the telescope
• Observing Log

Data Collection

• Observatory Log
• Transiting Planets[1]

Observing Lists

• B Stars

Wiki Information

• MediaWiki Cheat Sheet and How To Edit a Page
• Sandbox