PC-based tracking system for a 6-inch automated altazimuth telescope mount
Date
3-2006
Degree
Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics
College
College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
Adviser/Committee Chair
Jeremy Delfin B. Paycana
Abstract
A PC-based tracking system was designed to go to and track any celestial object found in the database consisting of stars, planets, sun, and moon. It was interfaced with an automated altazimuth telescope mount and operated through a personal computer. It was only used as a control system for observing a celestial object. It used an algorithm based on the principles of positional astronomy. the average go-to error of the system was about 11.3 arc minutes while the error varied with respect to the celestial object being tracked but is sufficient to go-to and track a celestial object by using its control system.
Language
English
Location
UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)
Call Number
Thesis
Recommended Citation
Flor, Alexander Benjamin G. Jr, "PC-based tracking system for a 6-inch automated altazimuth telescope mount" (2006). Undergraduate Theses. 10398.
https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/etd-undergrad/10398
Document Type
Thesis