New Robotic 32-Inch Relay Telescope

Volume 33 number 2 (2005)

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Mario Motta

Abstract

In order to greatly increase my observing time and to shorten the time to observe transient phenomena such as gamma-ray bursters, I have undertaken to develop a new observatory with a state-of-the-art robotic telescope as physically part of my home. Up to this point, travel to my dark-sky observatory in New Hampshire required about a 90-minute drive. With a recent move to Gloucester, Massachusetts, and a reasonably dark-sky site, I have built a new 20-foot dome as an integral part of my new home, blessed with an excellent horizon and dark sky