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Vishnu Reddy,
Department of Space Studies, University of North Dakota.
I
have known Mr. Ken
Archer and the Ironwood Observatories and Learning
Center for the last two years. It has been a pleasure to work with Mr. Archer
on numerous research projects in planetary sciences. In collaboration with
Ironwood Observatories, we were able to successfully determine the rotation
period of asteroid 2004 MN4, a potentially hazardous asteroid. We
also observed the impact of Deep Impact probe on Comet Tempel 1 in near real
time and observations were submitted to the Small Telescope Science Project as
part of the mission. Mr. Archer's knowledge
and dedication to astronomy makes him an invaluable asset to the field of
robotic astronomy.
Dr. Akihiko Ito,
Star Station Japan.
I
was given a new opportunity by a telescope that is at a
distance of over 10,000 kilometers and 19 time zones away from Japan. The sound
of the telescope moving
at the Dome and the sound produced by the equatorial telescope's driving force impressed us greatly. As the internet has changed the world, so has the internet astronomical observatory helped
us satisfy our curiosity about the universe without regard to the location of the place where we live or the time of day.
Mr.
Archer's observation system is completely automated, and through the internet we are able to do everything from checking
the weather at the observatory to choosing our subject and setting the terms of astrophotography.
In
addition, several times, along
with my family, we have had the pleasure
of chatting with Mr. Archer in Hawaii.
These
experiences and the resultant photographs were published in a magazine in Japan, and those articles went on to prove useful in
science education in schools.
I
would like to give my heartfelt appreciation to Mr. Archer and his
wonderful family for giving us these opportunities.
Masaaki
Yamato Berkeley, California (Hands on Universe
Volunteer at LBNL)
Thanks to Ken's
expert guidance,
I took some very satisfying
images
of M81, M101, M104, and M51 on my first try! They were my first CCD images,
and I was amazed at how easy, effortless, and exciting
it was for a novice like me to be able to take impressive images
of nearby galaxies!
I would definitely recommend Ken's
observatories and his expert guidance
as a great
and fun way to very quickly learn and develop an understanding
of and appreciation for CCD astrophotography
using
robotic telescope observatories.
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