Open Access Astro-Observatory Runs Linux

Sunday, February 01 2009 @ 04:03 AM EST

Contributed by: sde

Montegancedo Observatory is the first free open access astronomical observatory in the world. It is located in Building 6 of the School of Computing.

The dome is equipped with a computer-automated, robotized 10” telescope, and several computers operating as a web applications server. The observatory also links and broadcasts images and videos captured by the webcams arranged around the dome... All servers run on GNU/Linux systems.

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