Acquisition of Telescope Hardware and a Workstation for Astronomical Data Analysis

采购望远镜硬件和天文数据分析工作站

• 批准号: 9512216
• 负责人: Karen Kwitter
• 金额: $ 5.79万
• 依托单位: Williams College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-10-01 至 1997-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9512216&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Acquisition; Telescope; Hardware; Workstation; Astronomical

9512216 Kwitter, Karen B. The funds are requested for a performance-upgrade package for the Williams College 24-inch telescope and for a computer system that will significantly enhance the ability of the faculty and undergraduates to analyze and interpret observational data. The work will install a new focus housing on the 24-inch DFM telescope to allow high resolution focus readout, thereby increasing the speed and efficiency of all observations, especially multi-filter CCD observations. Also, a DEC Alpha 3000/900 will be purchased on which to run IRAF (Image Reduction and Analysis Facility, a package from the National Observatories that has become the standard astronomical analysis tool), and auxiliary equipment for data transfer and storage. The new instrumentation will substantially improve the ability to conduct on-campus research, and to continue the student research participation-often involving data acquired at national observatories-that is a hallmark of the Williams College astronomy curriculum.

9512216 Kwitter，Karen B.这笔资金被要求用于威廉姆斯学院24英寸望远镜的性能升级包和一个计算机系统，该系统将显著提高教职员工和本科生分析和解释观测数据的能力。这项工作将在24英寸的DFM望远镜上安装新的焦点外壳，以实现高分辨率的焦点读出，从而提高所有观测的速度和效率，特别是多滤光片CCD观测。此外，还将购买一台DEC Alpha 3000/900，在其上运行IRAF(图像缩减和分析设备，国家天文台提供的已成为标准天文分析工具的软件包)，以及数据传输和存储的辅助设备。新的仪器将大大提高在校园内进行研究的能力，并继续学生参与研究--通常涉及从国家天文台获得的数据--这是威廉姆斯学院天文学课程的一个标志。