Welcome to Blaauw Observer Knowledgebase!

This documentation includes user and project manuals for the Blaauw Observatory of the University of Groningen, with the two telescopes: The Gratama Bernoulliborg Telescope and the Lauwersmeer Dark Sky Telescope.

Note

This project is under active development.

Telescopes

• Blaauw Observatory Weather
• Gratama Bernoulliborg Telescope
  • GBT Troubleshooting
    • Focusser won’t Focus
  • GBT Latest Night Stats
• Lauwersmeer Dark Sky Telescope
  • LDST Startup
  • LDST Shutdown
  • LDST Troubleshooting
    • Hand Controller Will Not Connect
    • Persistent Bad Link from Dome Controller
    • Alignment in SkyX slightly off after slew

Archive

• Data Archive

Issues and Reports

• Issues List

Project Manual

• Data Reduction Cheat Sheet
• Code Snippets
• Observing Logsheet
• A1. Preparing a Scientific Poster
• A2. Preparing a Scientific Talk
• P01: Galaxy Radii
• P02: Open Clusters
• P03: Variable Stars
• P04: Galaxy Cluster Mosaic
• P05: Nebular Extinction
• P06: Near Earth Objects
• P07: Globular Cluster Radii
• P08: Mountains on the Moon
• P09: Asteroid Light Curve
• P10: Interacting Galaxy Colours
• P11: Night Sky Brightness
• P12: Consequences of Satellite Constellations
• P13: Emission Line Mapping
• P14: Exoplanet Transit
• P15: Star Formation in Spirals
• P16: Properties of a Comet
• P17: Observing Dwarf Planets?
• P99: Spectroscope
• R01: Measuring Lunar Mountains
• R03: Calculating Narrow Lines
• R04: Standard Star Calibrations

Practical Astronomy Crew

• Education Projects