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Reaching for the Stars
The Highland Road Park Observatory
is a remote-control astronomical observatory located approximately 10
miles from the LSU campus. It is a joint venture between the Department
of Physics & Astronomy, the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society,
and the Recreation and Park Commission of East Baton Rouge. The observatory
comprises a 2,300-square-foot facility, housing a 20-inch diameter Ritchey-Chretien
telescope, a back thinned CCD camera, an automated computer-control system,
and an Internet T1 link. LSU is developing software that will enable LSU
astronomy classes and K-12 classes throughout Louisiana to use the telescope
through the Internet.
Last updated January 2002
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