PIRATE：一个用于研究和教育的可遥控望远镜设施
PIRATE: A Remotely-Operable Telescope Facility for Research and Education
摘要：
我们介绍海盗，一个新的远程可操作的望远镜设施用于研究和教育，从'现成的'硬件，由开放大学运营。我们专注于海盗马克1运行阶段，海盗配备了广泛使用的0.35米施密特-卡塞格伦系统（现在更换为0.425米校正的Dall Kirkham天体照相机）。PIRATE位于马略卡天文台，目前用于跟踪SuperWASP North实验产生的潜在凌日太阳系外行星候选者，以及在M31和其他附近星系中寻找新星。它是由商业软件和开放大学开发的专有软件混合运行的。我们讨论了与执行精度时间序列测光时，使用德国赤道安装，调查这样的“现成的”解决方案在研究和教学应用的整体性能相关的问题。我们的结论是海盗是一个具有成本效益的研究设施，也为本科天文学提供了令人兴奋的前景。PIRATE在向远程学习的学生在自己家里提供实用天文学教育方面开辟了新的天地。
英文摘要：
We introduce PIRATE, a new remotely-operable telescope facility for use in research and education, constructed from 'off-the-shelf' hardware, operated by The Open University. We focus on the PIRATE Mark 1 operational phase where PIRATE was equipped with a widely- used 0.35m Schmidt-Cassegrain system (now replaced with a 0.425m corrected Dall Kirkham astrograph). Situated at the Observatori Astronomic de Mallorca, PIRATE is currently used to follow up potential transiting extrasolar planet candidates produced by the SuperWASP North experiment, as well as to hunt for novae in M31 and other nearby galaxies. It is operated by a mixture of commercially available software and proprietary software developed at the Open University. We discuss problems associated with performing precision time series photometry when using a German Equatorial Mount, investigating the overall performance of such 'off-the-shelf' solutions in both research and teaching applications. We conclude that PIRATE is a cost-effective research facility, and also provides exciting prospects for undergraduate astronomy. PIRATE has broken new ground in offering practical astronomy education to distance-learning students in their own homes.
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