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

这笔拨款将允许四个以本科为主的机构的五名天文学家研究一系列需要广泛进行光度观测的问题，而不需要忽视他们的教学职责。这将通过使用在计算机控制下操作的望远镜来完成，而不需要观察者。这种类型的望远镜正在给某些类型的物体的观测带来革命性的变化，这些物体需要一系列广泛的观测。这些天体传统上一直被忽视，因为大多数天文学家没有足够的时间来适当地观察它们。参与该联盟的学校有查尔斯顿学院、城堡学院、内华达大学拉斯维加斯分校和维拉诺瓦大学。将要开展的项目包括观测太阳型恒星、多模变星、主序列上部的化学奇特恒星、大熊座流星、食双星和Be星的近地运动。此外，还将利用对标准恒星的观测来改进各种标准系统。

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.