Automization and operation of research telescopes
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Feb 4, 2025

Outside of Observable Space, research telescopes have been automated for automated observations over the course of a few years, notably including (novel!) automated speckle interferometry, described in the paper “Automated Speckle Interferometry of Known Binaries”.

Leon Bewersdorff
Computer Science, RWTH Aachen | Software Engineering & Sensor Network Ops at Observable Space
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Attempts at direct imaging of Pluto’s moon Charon using a 1.0-meter telescope
Leon Bewersdorff
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Mar 3, 2025
2 min readThe JWST (James Webb Space Telescope) was observed live using a telescope from the desert in Chile, a few hours after it extended its sunshield while on its way to orbit L2 to take first images.
Leon Bewersdorff
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Dec 17, 2023
3 min readPublications
Automated exoplanet observations for Stanford Online High School classes
Jett Peters, Sabine Mazzeo, Alex Hamrick, Leon Bewersdorff, Nick Hardy, Dave Rowe, Maiya Qiu, Emerson Tiller, Mia Ella Antonio, Pierce Arora, Reid Barry, Ella Barthel, Sophia Bhatti, Kavi Bidlack, Nathan Bowman, Corbin Breeden, Madeleine Cheung, Nicholas Dunn, Atria Freeman, Kyler Gandrup, Kiera Higgins, Amiya Iqbal, Duncan Keefe, Cole Kim, Eden (Songxiao) Li, Denis Levine, Elina Lobanov, Jules Miller, Morgan Mescher, Khensa Musaddequr Rahman, William O’Donnell, Kingsley Panigrahi, Lily Parry, Nicholas Peh, Michael Pylypovych, Tala Reyes, Hannah Hyeonseo Ryou, Sage Sawhney, Zoe Schurman, Karthikeya Vattem, Leonid Vishnevskiy, Weston Yoo, Fenton Zarlengo, David Oparko, Kalée Tock, Pat Boyce, Scott Dixon
Over the past several months, students and instructors from three schools—supported by experienced observers—have been making automated …
Russell Genet, Roger Wholly, Leon Bewersdorff, Nick Hardy, Mark Harris, James Armstrong, Rachel Freed, Paul McCudden, Maaike Calvin, Mario Terrazas, S. Stephen Rajkumar Inbanathan, Shane Christopher, David Rowe, Scott Dixon, Thomas Smith, Christopher Giavarini, Marie Davis, Ron Snyder, Robert Buchheim
Astronomers have been measuring the separations and position angles between the two components of binary stars since William Herschel …
Nick Hardy, Leon Bewersdorff, David Rowe, Russell Genet, Rick Wasson, James Armstrong, Scott Dixon, Mark Harris, Tom Smith, Rachel Freed, Paul McCudden, S. Stephen Rajkumar Inbanathan, Marie Davis, Christopher Giavarini, Ronald Snyder, Roger Wholly, Maaike Calvin, Sumner Cotton, Julia Carter, Mario Terrazas, Shane Christopher, Arun Kumar, Sithara Naskath, Mariam Ronald Rabin
The ExoClock project has been created with the aim of increasing the efficiency of the Ariel mission. It will achieve this by …
A. Kokori, A. Tsiaras, B. Edwards, A. Jones, G. Pantelidou, G. Tinetti, Leon Bewersdorff, A. Iliadou, Y. Jongen, G. Lekkas, A. Nastasi, E. Poultourtzidis, C. Sidiropoulos, F. Walter, A. Wünsche, R. Abraham, V. K. Agnihotri, R. Albanesi, E. Arce-Mansego, D. Arnot, M. Audejean, C. Aumasson, M. Bachschmidt, G. Baj, P. R. Barroy, A. A. Belinski, D. Bennett, P. Benni, K. Bernacki, L. Betti, A. Biagini, P. Bosch, P. Brandebourg, L. Brát, M. Bretton, S. M. Brincat, S. Brouillard, A. Bruzas, A. Bruzzone, R. A. Buckland, M. Caló, F. Campos, A. Carreno, J. A. Carrion Rodrigo, R. Casali, G. Casalnuovo, M. Cataneo, C.-M. Chang, L. Changeat, V. Chowdhury, R. Ciantini, M. Cilluffo, J.-F. Coliac, G. Conzo, M. Correa, G. Coulon, N. Crouzet, M. V. Crow, I. A. Curtis, D. Daniel, B. Dauchet, S. Dawes, M. Deldem, D. Deligeorgopoulos, G. Dransfield, R. Dymock, T. Eenmäe, N. Esseiva, P. Evans, C. Falco, R. G. Farfán, E. Fernández-Lajús, S. Ferratfiat, S. L. Ferreira, A. Ferretti, J. Fiołka, M. Fowler, S. R. Futcher, D. Gabellini, T. Gainey, J. Gaitan, P. Gajdoš, A. García-Sánchez, J. Garlitz, C. Gillier, C. Gison, J. Gonzales, D. Gorshanov, F. Grau Horta, G. Grivas, P. Guerra, T. Guillot, C. A. Haswell, T. Haymes, V.-P. Hentunen, K. Hills, K. Hose, T. Humbert, F. Hurter, T. Hynek, M. Irzyk, J. Jacobsen, A. L. Jannetta, K. Johnson, P. Jóźwik-Wabik, A. E. Kaeouach, W. Kang, H. Kiiskinen, T. Kim, Ü. Kivila, B. Koch, U. Kolb, H. Kučáková, S.-P. Lai, D. Laloum, S. Lasota, L. A. Lewis, G.-I. Liakos, F. Libotte, F. Lomoz, C. Lopresti, R. Majewski, A. Malcher, M. Mallonn, M. Mannucci, A. Marchini, J.-M. Mari, A. Marino, G. Marino, J.-C. Mario, J.-B. Marquette, F. A. Martínez-Bravo, M. Mašek, P. Matassa, P. Michel, J. Michelet, M. Miller, E. Miny, D. Molina, T. Mollier, B. Monteleone, N. Montigiani, M. Morales-Aimar, F. Mortari, M. Morvan, L. V. Mugnai, G. Murawski, L. Naponiello, J.-L. Naudin, R. Naves, D. Néel, R. Neito, S. Neveu, A. Noschese, Y. Öğmen, O. Ohshima, Z. Orbanic, E. P. Pace, C. Pantacchini, N. I. Paschalis, C. Pereira, I. Peretto, V. Perroud, M. Phillips, P. Pintr, J. B. Pioppa, J. Plazas, A. J. Poelarends, A. Popowicz, J. Purcell, N. Quinn, M. Raetz, D. Rees, F. Regembal, M. Rocchetto, P.-F. Rocci, M. Rockenbauer, R. Roth, L. Rousselot, X. Rubia, N. Ruocco, E. Russo, M. Salisbury, F. Salvaggio, A. Santos, J. Savage, F. Scaggiante, D. Sedita, S. Shadick, A. F. Silva, N. Sioulas, V. Školník, M. Smith, M. Smolka, A. Solmaz, N. Stanbury, D. Stouraitis, T.-G. Tan, M. Theusner, G. Thurston, F. P. Tifner, A. Tomacelli, A. Tomatis, J. Trnka, M. Tylšar, P. Valeau, J.-P. Vignes, A. Villa, A. Vives Sureda, K. Vora, M. Vrašťák, D. Walliang, B. Wenzel, D. E. Wright, R. Zambelli, M. Zhang, M. Zíbar
Speckle Interferometry observations were made of double stars within 30 parsecs of Earth with a late K or M dwarf component using the …
Sophia Risin, Josephine Stockton, Jack Duerk, Keshav Narang, Rohan Satapathy, Nathan Lehenbauer, Leon Bewersdorff, Scott Dixon, Liam Dugan, Dave Rowe, Hermione Hernandez, Alexander Vasquez, Russell Genet
The ExoClock project is an inclusive, integrated, and interactive platform that was developed to monitor the ephemerides of the Ariel …
A. Kokori, A. Tsiaras, B. Edwards, M. Rocchetto, G. Tinetti, Leon Bewersdorff, Y. Jongen, G. Lekkas, G. Pantelidou, E. Poultourtzidis, A. Wünsche, C. Aggelis, V. K. Agnihotri, C. Arena, M. Bachschmidt, D. Bennett, P. Benni, K. Bernacki, E. Besson, L. Betti, A. Biagini, P. Brebourg, M. Bretton, S. M. Brincat, M. Caló, F. Campos, R. Casali, R. Ciantini, M. V. Crow, B. Dauchet, S. Dawes, M. Deldem, D. Deligeorgopoulos, R. Dymock, T. Eenmäe, P. Evans, N. Esseiva, C. Falco, S. Ferratfiat, M. Fowler, S. R. Futcher, J. Gaitan, F. Grau Horta, P. Guerra, F. Hurter, A. Jones, W. Kang, H. Kiiskinen, T. Kim, D. Laloum, R. Lee, F. Lomoz, C. Lopresti, M. Mallonn, M. Mannucci, A. Marino, J.-C. Mario, J.-B. Marquette, J. Michelet, M. Miller, T. Mollier, D. Molina, N. Montigiani, F. Mortari, M. Morvan, L. V. Mugnai, L. Naponiello, A. Nastasi, R. Neito, E. Pace, P. Papadeas, N. Paschalis, C. Pereira, V. Perroud, M. Phillips, P. Pintr, J. B. Pioppa, A. Popowicz, M. Raetz, F. Regembal, K. Rickard, M. Roberts, L. Rousselot, X. Rubia, J. Savage, D. Sedita, D. Shave-Wall, N. Sioulas, V. Školník, M. Smith, D. St-Gelais, D. Stouraitis, I. Strikis, G. Thurston, A. Tomacelli, A. Tomatis, B. Trevan, P. Valeau, J.-P. Vignes, K. Vora, M. Vrašťák, F. Walter, B. Wenzel, D. E. Wright, M. Zíbar