Research Article

Converting from Classical to Robotic Astronomy: The Lowell Observatory 0.8-m Telescope

Table 1

Focus sweep.

FocusFWHMPeakFluxFOM
( m) (pixels) (DN) (DN)

5430 8.9 3619 5.11e + 05 0.0071
5466 8.7 5537 7.13e + 05 0.0078
5472 8.2 4564 6.98e + 05 0.0065
5478 8.5 4437 7.25e + 05 0.0061
5484 7.4 6452 7.36e + 05 0.0088
5490 7.6 6429 7.29e + 05 0.0088
5496 7.7 7707 7.48e + 05 0.0103
5502 6.3 10073 7.62e + 05 0.0132
5508 7.4 7206 7.50e + 05 0.0096
5514 7.3 6341 7.46e + 05 0.0085
5520 7.0 7535 7.50e + 05 0.0100
5526 5.4 13066 7.53e + 05 0.0174
5532 5.1 13832 7.58e + 05 0.0183
5538 5.6 11557 7.50e + 05 0.0154
5544 4.8 16368 7.50e + 05 0.0218
5550 5.4 12246 7.44e + 05 0.0165
5556 4.9 15461 7.46e + 05 0.0207
5562 4.4 19354 7.65e + 05 0.0253
5568 4.7 17501 7.55e + 05 0.0232
5574 5.7 11007 7.48e + 05 0.0147
5610 5.9 11352 7.45e + 05 0.0152