Stand-alone station for deep space objects astrophotography

Author

Suszynski, R.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electron. & Inf. Sci., Koszalin Univ. of Technol., Koszalin, Poland

fYear

2009

fDate

2-5 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

333

Lastpage

336

Abstract

This article presents the basic assumptions and aspects of the design of a stand-alone station for deep space objects (DSO) astrophotography. It describes basic elements of the project concerned with automatization and remote control. The article also covers in further detail the innovative use of a driver with ATMEGA16 microcontroller and dedicated software for controlling the astronomical dome and its synchronization with telescope movement. Fully functional solution for performing automatic observation is presented.

Keywords

astronomical observatories; astronomical techniques; astronomical telescopes; automation; microcontrollers; photography; physical instrumentation control; telecontrol; ATMEGA16 microcontroller; DSO astrophotography; astronomical dome control; automatic astronomical observation; automatisation; deep space object astrophotography; remote control; stand alone station design; telescope movement synchronization; Astronomy; Atmosphere; Automatic control; Earth; Humans; Observatories; Optical variables control; Space stations; Space technology; Telescopes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2009. MWSCAS '09. 52nd IEEE International Midwest Symposium on

Conference_Location

Cancun

ISSN

1548-3746

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4479-3

Electronic_ISBN

1548-3746

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.2009.5236086

Filename

5236086