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A “Kleine‐Nacht‐Musik” during the first five years of routine operation
Author(s) -
Granzer T.,
Reegen P.,
Strassmeier K.G.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3994(200112)322:5/6<325::aid-asna325>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - observatory , meteorology , desert (philosophy) , quality (philosophy) , remote sensing , history , geography , physics , astronomy , political science , quantum mechanics , law
We present a summary of five years of continuous operation of the University of Vienna twin Automatic Photoelectric Telescopes (APTs) – Wolfgang and Amadeus . These two telescopes are part of the Fairborn Observatory facility located in the Sonoran desert close to Washington Camp in southern Arizona. The detection and distinction procedure between weather‐induced data‐quality loss and systematic data‐quality loss turned out to be a crucial task. Therefore, special emphasis is laid on the data quality monitoring tools developed throughout the years. Furthermore, we summarize the scientific highlights from the first five years of operation.