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MLO as Viewed from Wooded Hill Cleveland National Forest 45 air miles east of San Diego 40” 21” 50” (in progress) 24” HPWREN Antenna
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Upgrade of “Illinois” 40-inch NSF: Program for Research & Education with Small Telescopes; AST-0519686 (note changed encoders & motors) 2005 (spectrograph) 2007 (SDSU CCD camera)
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Detecting Nova Outbursts M31 Center: 29Dec03 – 23Jan05 Comparison
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Deep Impact Mission 2005 July 4 UT, MLO 40-inch Telescope Mitchel et al. 2010, Icarus, 205, 619-626
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Low-Mass Eclipsing Binaries at Mount Laguna PI: J. Orosz (AST 0808145) Multi-color light curves of low-mass eclipsing binaries constrain mass-radius law for very low-mass stars. Multi-color light curves of low-mass eclipsing binaries constrain mass-radius law for very low-mass stars. Currently observing low-mass binaries discovered by Kepler Mission (with W. Welsh). Currently observing low-mass binaries discovered by Kepler Mission (with W. Welsh). MLO light curves of GU Boo (Windmiller, Orosz, & Etzel 2010, ApJ, 712, 1003). MLO light curves of GU Boo (Windmiller, Orosz, & Etzel 2010, ApJ, 712, 1003).
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Eclipsing binaries can provide extremely precise ages for parts of the galaxy “ARRA: Precise Ages for Open Star Clusters from Detached Eclipsing Binaries” NSF AST 09-08536 PI: Sandquist Ages in the Milky Way
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Time-Series Photometry AST-0607682 SU UMa Star VS0329+1250 Shafter et al. PASP, 2007, 119, 388-392
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SDSU NSF REU Program 2005-2010 AST-043609 AST-085065 PI Sandquist
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50-inch Phillips Claud Telescope (under construction with $940K in private donations) Builds on ULTRA project with Kansas Univ.; AST-0321247 Remote and Robotic observing from KU and SDSU campuses via HPWREN
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