2 papers
astro-ph.IM2026
MIRA: a data management and education platform connecting students to robotic telescopes
Peter P. Pedersen, Lionel Garcia, Mahshid Alimi +3
Hands-on telescope experience is often used to drive student engagement in astronomy education, but scaling access to larger groups of students is operationally challenging. Conseq…
astro-ph.IM2026
Astra: an open-source fully autonomous robotic observatory control software
Peter P. Pedersen, David Degen, Lionel Garcia +12
Robotic and autonomous observatories are critical for modern time-domain and high-cadence astronomical surveys. The operation of these facilities requires complex software coordina…