RUI: Acquisition of Telescope Positioning and Guidance System

该奖项将允许主要研究者升级 西南密苏里州定位导航系统 贝克大学天文台0.4米卡塞格伦反射 望远镜 这架望远镜是最早使用的仪器之一 Kitt Peak国家天文台（KPNO）和Cerro Tololo 美洲天文台（CTIO）。 它是从CTIO获得的 1983年，以长期、可续期贷款的方式向SMSU提供贷款。 望远镜 于1984年安装在贝克天文台，虽然 光学系统仍然是相当令人满意的，定位和 引导系统需要现代化。 该奖项提供 资金购买电脑控制闭环步进 电机定位系统和远程引导系统。 这些将 允许快速准确地定位和精确地引导 望远镜 这将有助于有效利用现有的 仪器，其中包括一个自动过滤光度计 和CCD成像系统。 要进行的科学计划 这些仪器包括高精度光电 变星、标准星和 明亮的星系

This award will allow the Principal Investigator to upgrade the positioning and guidance system of the Southwest Missouri State University (SMSU) Baker Observatory 0.4-m Cassegrain reflecting telescope. This telescope was one of the first instruments used at Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) and Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO). It was obtained from CTIO by SMSU in 1983 on a long-term, renewable loan basis. The telescope was installed at Baker Observatory in 1984, and although the optical system is still quite satisfactory, the positioning and guidance system is in need of modernization. This award provides funds to purchase a computer-controlled closed-loop stepping motor positioning system and a remote guiding system. These will allow rapid and accurate positioning and precise guiding of the telescope. This will permit efficient use with existing instrumentation, which consists of an automated-filter photometer and a CCD imaging system. The scientific programs to be carried out with these instruments include high precision photoelectric and CCD camera photometry of variable stars, standard stars, and bright galaxies.