Morgan–Monroe Observatory

Morgan-Monroe Observatory
Organization	Indiana University
Location	Morgan-Monroe State Forest, Indiana, U.S.A.
Coordinates	39°18′49″N 86°26′04″W / 39.31361°N 86.43444°W / 39.31361; -86.43444
Altitude	245 meters (803.8 ft)
Established	1966
Website [1]
Telescopes Roboscope 41-cm (16-inch) f/13.7 Cassegrain reflector Spectrabot 1.25-m (49-inch) f/8 Ritchey-Chrétien reflector

External images
	http://www.astro.indiana.edu/images/mms.jpg Morgan-Monroe Observatory Source: Indiana University Department of Astronomy.
	http://www.polyweb.com/danno/roboscope/RoboScope_files/roboscope.jpg Roboscope. Source: PolyWeb Services.
	http://www.indiana.edu/~rcapub/v21n2/honey.gif Indiana University astronomy professor R. Kent Honeycutt and Spectrabot. Source: Indiana University, Research & Creative Activity, April 1998, Volume XXI, Number 2.

The Morgan-Monroe Observatory, also known as the Morgan-Monroe Station of Goethe Link Observatory, is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Indiana University in Indiana's Morgan-Monroe State Forest. It was developed in the 1960s when light pollution began to degrade the capabilities of the original Goethe Link Observatory, which Indiana University had used for astronomical research since 1948. ^[1] The original Boller and Chivens 41-cm Cassegrain reflector, installed in 1966, ^[2] was converted in 1989 to an automated system for monitoring cataclysmic variable stars called "Roboscope." ^[3] It is capable of making one or two 4-minute exposures of about 100 objects per clear night. ^[4] In 1997, an automated 1.25-m f/8 Ritchey-Chrétien reflector called "Spectrabot" was added. ^[5]

Notes and references

1. ^ Indiana University Department of Astronomy: Morgan-Monroe Observatory
2. ^ "Further Reports of Observatories: Goethe Link," Astronomical Journal, Vol. 73, 1968, p. 48.
3. ^ Indiana University Department of Astronomy supra.
4. ^ Polyweb Services: Roboscope
5. ^ Indiana University Department of Astronomy supra.

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