Automatic telescope for observation of near-Earth asteroids

The old 64-cm Richter–Slefogt telescope (F=90 cm) of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory was reconstructed and equipped with the ST-8 CCD camera supplied by The Planetary Society as the Eugene Shoemaker Near Earth Object Grant. The first observations of minor planets and comets were made with the...

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Main Authors: V. V. Rumyantsev, N. S. Chernykh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Aviation University 2004-12-01
Series:Вісник Астрономічної школи
Online Access:http://astro.nau.edu.ua/issues/2004_V.5_Iss.1-2/242.html