RUI: A Four College Automatic Photoelectric Telescope for Astronomical Training and Research

这笔拨款将允许四所主要本科院校的五名天文学家研究一系列需要广泛光度观测的问题，而不必忽视他们的教学职责。这将通过使用在计算机控制下运行的望远镜来完成，而不需要观察者。这种类型的望远镜正在彻底改变对某些类型的物体的观察，这些物体需要一系列广泛的观察。这些天体传统上被忽略了，因为大多数天文学家没有足够的时间对它们进行适当的观察。参与该联盟的学校包括查尔斯顿学院、城堡大学、内华达大学拉斯维加斯分校和维拉诺瓦大学。将进行的项目包括观测太阳型恒星、多模变星、上主序的化学特殊恒星、大熊座流恒星、食双星和be星的侧移运动。此外，对标准恒星的观测将用于改进各种标准系统。

This grant will allow five astronomers at four primarily undergraduate institutions to work on a series of problems requiring extensive photometric observations without requiring neglect of their teaching duties. This will be accomplished by use of a telescope which operates under computer control without requiring an observer. This type of telescope is revolutionizing the observations of certain types of objects which require an extensive series of observations. These objects have traditionally been neglected since most astronomers have not had the time required to observe them properly. The schools involved in the Consortium are The College of Charleston, The Citadel, the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, and Villanova University. The projects to be undertaken include observations of solar type stars, multi-mode variable stars, chemically peculiar stars of the upper main sequence, Ursa Majoris Stream stars, apsidal motion of eclipsing binaries and Be stars. Additionally observations of standard stars will be used to improve various standard systems.