Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
data reduction pipeline, ROVOR observatory, telescope, luminosity
College
Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Department
Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
The ROVOR observatory is a robotic, remotely controlled telescope in Delta, Utah. Since it is remotely controlled and semi-automated, it produces a very large amount of raw data. Unfortunately it took much longer to process and analyze the data than to acquire it, and, therefore, we had a backlog of over two years of data that was waiting to be processed. This delay in analyzing data was detrimental to monitoring projects because without the analysis of recent data it is difficult to determine the most interesting targets to observe.
Recommended Citation
McCombs, Thayne and Moody, Dr. Joseph Ward
(2014)
"Development of a Data Reduction Pipeline for the ROVOR Observatory,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014:
Iss.
1, Article 1224.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/1224