Undergraduate Astronomical Image Processing and Analysis Laboratory

9452514布拉哈我们计划通过在我们的实验室和讲座中引入最先进的技术，将卡尔顿的观测天文学项目带入21世纪。这个ILI项目将装备一个新的天文图像处理实验室，使我们的学生能够在校园内收集他们自己的图像，使用现代天文软件包来分析他们的数据，并在合作的研究环境中解释他们的结果。通过对两个小面阵CCD摄像头的实验，我们发现ST-6摄像头在图像质量高和操作方便方面是最佳选择。我们正在请求5台新的ST-6 CCD摄像机，为观测实验室中使用的6台8英寸Meade反射镜配备由6台Macintosh Duo系统提供的摄像机控制和数据采集。这些Macintosh计算机还将在实验室中用于运行旅行者2号天文馆展示包、望远镜观测模拟器以及许多图像分析程序。配备齐全的软件实验室将允许初级和高级学生探索宇宙，并了解他们观察到的天体运动。两个Sun工作站将提供更强大的图像处理工具，访问因特网上的数据，并在与Macintoshes网络连接时快速存储和检索图像数据。为了提供更先进的研究机会，我们还要求我们的永久安装的折射镜使用一台光度学Star-1电荷耦合器件和一台光谱仪。有了这些工具，学生和教职员工将创造新的实验室实验，以吸引未来一代观察者，并挑战他们学习现代天文观测技术的力量。***

9452514 Blaha We propose to bring Carleton's observational astronomy program into the 21st century through the introduction of state-of-the-art technology in our laboratories and lectures. This ILI project will equip a new astronomical image processing lab which will enable our students to gather their own images here on campus, to use modern astronomical software packages to analyze their data and to interpret their results in a collaborative research setting. Through experimenting with two small format CCD cameras, we have found the ST-6 camera to be the best choice in terms of high quality images and ease of operation. We are requesting five new ST-6 CCD cameras to equip the six 8-inch Meade reflectors used in observational labs, with camera control and data acquisition to be provided by six Macintosh Duo systems. These Macintosh computers will also be used in the lab to run the Voyager II planetarium display packages, telescope observing simulators as well as numerous image analysis programs. A fully equipped software laboratory will allow both introductory and advanced students to explore the universe and to understand the celestial motions they observe. Two Sun workstations will provide more powerful image processing tools, access to data on the Internet and rapid image data storage and retrieval when connected with the network of Macintoshes. To provide more advanced research opportunities, we are also requesting a Photometrics Star-1 CCD and a spectrograph to be used with our permanently mounted refractors. With these tools, students and faculty will create new lab experiments to engage future generations of observers and challenge them to learn the power of modern astronomical observing techniques. ***