Multi-Purpose Observatory for Undergraduate Education

RIT正在校园内建立一个自动化观测站， 用于非理科学生的本科教学， 物理学专业和成像科学专业。 天文台 配备了视觉，光度和CCD成像使用，它 可手动操作或通过实时计算机控制 从位于校园周围的各种演讲室和实验室。 它还将能够进行机器人控制，以最大限度地发挥其作用 与高年级课程相关的项目， 需要增加一个学生研究设施。 自动化的具体选择（与传统相比） 设施是一个关键的“艰巨”的任务， 足够多种类的望远镜观测， 本科生人数。 机器人的能力也是 为了配合全国范围内提高科学水平的努力， 通过天文学教育。

RIT is establishing an automated observatory on the campus for use in undergraduate instruction of non-science students, Physics majors, and Imaging Science majors. The observatory is equipped for visual, photometric, and CCD imaging use, and it can be operated manually or through real-time computer control from various lecture and laboratory rooms located about campus. It will also be capable of robotic control to maximize its use for projects associated with the upper-division courses where there is a need for an additional student research facility. The specific choice of an automated (versus conventional) facility is a key to the "Herculean" task of bringing telescopic observations of a sufficient variety to large numbers of undergraduates. The robotic capabilities are also in concert with a nationwide effort to enhance science education through astronomy.