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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.

Observatory

• Location
• Directions

Telescope

• RCOS 0.61m

Instrumentation

• Apogee 16M
• filter wheel
• Shelyak eShel

Equipment and Technical Information

• Spectrograph Setup
• Dome Control
• Software/hardware troubleshooting and workarounds
• Apogee Alta Test Report
• Slit Width and Resolution
• Autoguiding

Documentation

• Software/Hardware Manuals
• Local operation documentation
• Focusing the telescope
• Observing Log

To-do items, Summer 2010

• Task list - edit to add items or mark as completed.

Data Collection

• Observatory Log
• Transiting Planets[1]
• Observation Schedule

Observing Lists

• B Stars

Wiki Information

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