Advances in Astronomy
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 214604, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/214604
Research Article

AROMA (AGU Robotic Optical Monitor for Astrophysical Objects)

Ichiro Takahashi,1 Kosuke Tsunashima,1 Takayuki Shiraki,1 Toru Kojima,1 Atsumasa Yoshida,1 and Yujin E. Nakagawa2

1Department of Physics and Mathematics, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229-8558, Japan
2Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Sait ama 351-0198, Japan

Received 30 June 2009; Accepted 23 October 2009

Academic Editor: Taro Kotani

Copyright © 2010 Ichiro Takahashi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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