Review Article

Robotic Autonomous Observatories: A Historical Perspective

Table 2

Range of RAO’s main instrument apertures (adapted from [46]).

DescriptionNumberPercentage

≤ 0.25 m7744.3%
0.25 m < aperture ≤ 0.50 m3723.0%
0.50 m < aperture < 0.75 m148.6%
0.75 m < aperture < 1.00 m17 9.8%
1.00 m < aperture < 1.25 m74.0%
> 1.25 m1810.3%