Acquisition of Telescope Hardware and a Workstation for Astronomical Data Analysis

Kwitter, Karen B.申请这笔资金用于威廉斯学院24英寸望远镜和计算机系统的性能升级包，该系统将大大提高教师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DFM望远镜上安装一个新的聚焦壳，以实现高分辨率的聚焦读数，从而提高所有观测的速度和效率，特别是多滤光CCD观测。此外，还将购买一台DEC Alpha 3000/900，用于运行IRAF（图像还原和分析设备，这是国家天文台提供的软件包，已成为标准的天文分析工具），以及用于数据传输和存储的辅助设备。新的仪器将大大提高进行校园研究的能力，并继续学生的研究参与-通常涉及在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。

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.