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CONTENTS
Foreword Alex Filippenko
Publisher’s Note Cheryl Genet and
Dwight Collins
Preface Russell M.
Genet, Jolyon M. Johnson,
and Vera Wallen
Part I
Introduction
1. Galileo’s Legacy
Russell M. Genet, Jolyon M.
Johnson, and Vera Wallen
Part II Small
Telescopes for Research
2. The Founding & Early History of Celestron
Telescopes Robert Piekiel
and Thomas J. Johnson
3. Small Telescope Developments at Celestron
Danyal J. Medley
4. Coaxing a Meade LX10 Into the Digital Age
George Alers, Brittany McCrigler, and Dan
Pemberton
Interlude:
Tom Johnson and Russ Genet Share Life Stories
Russell M. Genet
Part
III
Remote
Access and Networks
5. Regent Lane Observatory
Robert D. Rea
6. Internet Telescopes: Capabilities and
Benchmarks
Kelly Graves and Glen Mackie
7. Commercial Remote Astronomical Observatories
for
Education and Research
Richard J. Williams
8. Effects of Optical Miniaturization on
Occultations
Scott Degenhardt
Short Story Interlude
The Demotion of Pluto: How It Actually Happened
Megan Hoffman
Part IV
Small
Telescope Research
9. Double Stars
Robert W. Argyle
10. Visual Double Star Measurements with
Equatorial
and Alt-Azimuth Telescopes
Thomas G. Frey, Jolyon M. Johnson,
Christopher J. Almich, and Russell M. Genet
11. Considering Proper Motion in the Analysis
of Visual Double
Star Observations
Dave Arnold
12. All about the Journal of Double Star
Observations
R. Kent Clark
13. Between-Eclipse UBV Photometric
Observations of
Epsilon Aurigae
Thomas C. Smith and Russell M.
Genet
14. An Investigation of Exceptions to the Solar
Hemispheric
Patterns of Chirality
Sara F. Martin and Alexander Wen
Photographic Interlude
Small Telescope
Student Research
Part
V
Research
as Undergraduate Education
15. One-Semester Astronomical Research Seminars
Russell M. Genet, Jolyon M. Johnson, & Vera
Wallen
16. Observational Astronomy Research at a
Primarily
Undergraduate Institution
Matthew
M. Beaky
17. A Global Astronomy Research and Education
Initiative
Paul S. Hardersen
18. Pine Mountain Observatory Summer Research
Workshop
Russell Genet, Richard Berry, Jolyon Johnson,
and Thomas Frey
19. Student Astronomical Research: A Personal
Story
Jolyon M. Johnson
Short Story Interlude
Titan: Mission
Gone BOOM!
Megan Hoffman
Part
VI
Examples
of Undergraduate and High School
Research
20. Exoplanet Observations Reveal Early Ingress
James Carlisle, Cindy
Foote, Thomas C. Smith,
Jolyon M. Johnson, Russell M. Genet,
and Robert Nelson
21. Photometry of XX Cygni at the 2009 PMO
Summer
Research Workshop
Richard Berry, Dan Gray, Jared
Green, Danyal
Medley, Nicholas Rebol, and Richard Watkins
22. A Comparison of the Astrometric Precision
and
Accuracy of Two Telescopes
Pablo Alvarez, Amos E. Fishbein,
Michael W. Hyland,
Cheyne L. Kight, Hairold Lopez, Tanya Navarro,
Carlos A. Rosas, Aubrey E. Schachter, Molly A.
Summers, Eric D. Weise, Megan A. Hoffman, Robert
C.Mires, Jolyon M. Johnson, Russell M. Genet,
and Robin White
23. Double Star Measurements with a Three Inch
Tasco Telescope
Darrell R. Grisham, Jolyon M.
Johnson, Russell M.
Genet, and David L. Arnold
24. Light Curves of Two GNAT MG1 Survey Stars
Noll Roberts, Casey Milne, and
Neelie Jaggi
25. Period Analysis of the Variable Star
MG1-753840
Brittany McCrigler, Noll
Roberts, & Russell M. Genet
26. Student Estimate of the Rotation Period of
Pallas
Jolyon M.
Johnson, Brittany McCrigler, Daniel
Pemberton, and John Keller
Index |
CONTENTS
Foreword
Richard Berry
Preface
Russell M. Genet, Jolyon M. Johnson,
and Vera Wallen
Part I Introduction
1. The Alt-Az Initiative
Russ Genet
2. Visit to Gemini & Subaru Telescopes
on Mauna Kea
Russ Genet, Dan Gray,
Chris Carter, Sheehan,
Daito Tomono, Hideki Takami, Cheryl
Genet,
and Jon Archambeau
3. Return to Gemini: Ideas for a
Lightweight Two-Meter
Telescope and Active Mirror Control
Russ Genet
4. Small Telescope
Astronomical
Research Workshop 2007
Russ Genet
5. The Portland III Alt-Az
Initiative Workshop
Howard Banich, Russ
Genet, & Richard Berry
Photographic Interlude
Galileo’s Legacy Hawaii
Conference
Part II Telescope Developments
6. Alt-Az Telescopes for
Research, Astrophotography,
and Education
Russ Genet, Dan Gray,
Howard Banich, Tom
Smith, and Tom Krajci
7. Corrected Dall Kirkham 700 mm
Nasmyth
Telescope
Dave Rowe, Rick Hedrick,
Joe Haberman, Bob
Peasley, Dan Gray, and Allan Keller
8. An 18-Inch Direct Drive Alt-Az
Telescope
Russ Genet, Dave Rowe,
Dan Gray, Billy
Albertson, Wilson Chiu, Michelle Kirkup,
Drew Murphy, John Ridgely, Josh Schmitt,
Matt Swanson, Rob Urban, Tong Liu,
Howard
Banich, Cary Chelborad, and Allan Keller
9. SpicaEyes: A Unique Line of Metal
Telescopes
Tom Osypowski
10. MAGIC: The Cherenkov Radiation
Telescope
Michele Doro
11. Telescope Portability: Moving a Big
Telescope
Doesn’t Have to be Difficult
Howard Banich
12. Sensible Telescope Enclosure Design
Craig Breckenridge
Photographic Interlude Alt-Az
Telescopes
Part III Lightweight Mirrors
13. Lightweight Mirror Developments
- Overview
14. Lightbucket Mirror Figures of
Merit
Bruce Holenstein, Richard Mitchell, &
Robert Koch
15. Meniscus Mirrors
Mel Bartels
16. Active Optics for Thin
Meniscus Telescope Mirrors
Michael Connelley
17. Hogging With Heat: Slumping
Meniscus Mirrors in
a Homemade Kiln
David Davis
18. New Ideas for Mounting
Thin Meniscus Mirrors and
Related Advances in Glass Foam
Composite Mirrors
Andrew Aurigema and
David Davis
19. Graphite Fiber Nano-Composite
Mirror Technology
Peter C. Chen
20. Replica Process for Mirror
Manufacturing
Rodolfo Canestrari,
Mauro Ghigo, and
Giovanni Pareschi
21.
Replica Polyurethane Foam Mirrors for
Photometric Applications
Kiran Shah
22. Experiments with Pneumatically-formed
Metalized
Polyester Mirrors
Bruce Holenstein, Robert Koch, Richard Mitchell, &
Kevin Iott
23. The Bath Interferometer
Vladimir Galogaza
Photographic Interlude Mirrors
and Instruments
Part IV Instruments, Techniques,
and Software
24. Lucky Imaging for High
Resolution Measurements
of Double Stars
Rainer Anton
25. High Speed Photometry: Detection &
Analysis
Techniques
John Menke and Gary A.
Vander Haagen
26.
Automated Time-Series Spectroscopy with
a Small
Telescope
Gary M. Cole
27. Spectroscopy for Eclipsing Binary
Light Curve
Analysis
Robert H. Nelson
28. RTS2: Open Source Autonomous
Observatory
Control
Petr Kubanek
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