Reference for the CWRU Nassau Station Robotic Telescope

This page will be growing over the next few months thanks to the diligent efforts of Rebecca Stanek and Marta Lewandowska. If you have a suggestion for something you would like to see here, please E-mail robots@grendel.cwru.edu.

Index of General Astronomy Stuff

Atmospheric Seeing: An introduction to how images are distorted by the atmosphere.
CCD Chips: A primer on Charged Coupled Device imaging technology
CCD Image Reduction: An outline of the theory behind reducing raw data from CCDs.
Photometry: An explaination of photometry (study of the brightness of objects) and associated terms.
SkyPoints: A reference on how points on the sky are determined.
Spectra: A primer on astronomical spectra
Fiber Optics: A primer on astronomical use of fiber optics
Telescopes: A primer on telescopes
Viewing Satellites: How to observe man-made satellites in Earth orbit
Solar System: A primer on our solar-system
Stars: A primer on the birth, life, death, and general characteristics of stars

Index of Nassau Telescope Specific Stuff

Help Submitting a Proposal: All you ever wanted to know about submitting a proposal to the queue.
Help Choosing Exposure Times: How to determine the length of your exposures for your proposals.
Maximum Exposure Time Limits: An explaination of how and why we limit the maximum exposure time for proposals on the NSRT.
A Practical Guide to Filters for the NSRT: When should you use filters with direct imaging?
The Telescope Field of View: An explanation of the size of the field viewed by the Nassau Telescope in direct imaging mode.
What Fits in the Field of View: Tables of objects common to amateurs with their angular sizes listed
The Observing Queue: In's and out's of a telescope observing queue including tips for submitting proposals.
FITS Reduction: A practical guide to reducing NSRT data.
The NSRT Catalog of Proper Names
Re-coating the telescope mirror
The new secondary mirror mount
The Cameras
- The Apogee Camera
- The FLI Camera