In an age of Sm-class telescopes, we should rethink the way we use small telescopes. While 2-4m telescopes are still needed and will continue to be operated largely in the traditional fashion, new lm-class telescopes operated robotically in global networks will enable a wide range of new and exciting scientific and educational projects, both by themselves and in conjunction with much larger telescopes. I describe our plans for such a global network of two lm-class robotic telescopes.
Date
01/01/2001
Citation
Hessman, F. V. (2001). MONET: a MOnitoring NEtwork of Telescopes. In B. Paczynski, W. P. Chen, and C. Lemme, Small Telescope Astronomy on Global Scales, ASP Conference Series(Vol. 246, pp.13-21). San Francisco, CA: ASP