Robotic telescopes and grid technology have made significant progress in recent years. Both innovations offer important advantages over conventional technologies, particularly in combination with one another. Here, we introduce robotic telescopes used by the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam as ideal instruments for building a robotic telescope network. We also discuss the grid architecture and protocols facilitating the network integration that is being developed by the German AstroGrid-D project. Finally, we present three user interfaces employed for this purpose.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0801.2285,
title = {Grid Integration of Robotic Telescopes},
author = {F. Breitling and T. Granzer and H. Enke},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.2285},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 5 Figures, refereed proceedings of "Hot-wiring the Transient Universe", June 2007 (Tucson); version 2 including latex geometry package as recommended by arXiv and minor changes as requested by AN except removal of two figures