Hardware Requirements

• Telescope must have
  • Reliable, accurate pointing
  • Ability to track or guide 5 minute exposures

• CCD Camera/Telescope system
  • field-of-view sets # of position reference stars (at least 0.1° ?) 0.2-0.3° is better
  • image scale around 2”/pixel(larger or smaller pixels reduce position accuracy)

• Access to e-mail and the internet

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