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Here at Lawrence Hall of Science out in Berkeley, we're coming to the 
close of an exhibit development project that has produced a 
kiosk-controlled system for visitors to use a telescope in Perth, 
Australia to get images of the real night-time sky there, while it's 
daytime here.  We're  making plans for connection to remote 
telescopes elsewhere as well. The exhibit also has an in-house 
robotic telescope that visitors can use to look at a simulated sky on 
the exhibit hall wall.  We're planning on making the system available 
to other museums and institutions.  Cost would be probably of the 
order of several thousand dollars for bare-bones kiosk connection to 
the remote telescope.  To include an in-house robotic telescope to 
the exhibit might cost another few thousand dollars.

Question:  Would your institution be interested in getting plans and 
software for building such an exhibit?  If so, please send me a 
message offline and let me know a little bit about your situation and 
what might work for you.

---Alan Gould
Co-Director, Hands-On Universe -- http://lhs.berkeley.edu/hou
voice: 510-643-5082
University of California
Lawrence Hall of Science #5200
Centennial Drive @ Grizzly Peak Blvd
Berkeley, CA  94720-5200
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
My other projects: http://lhs.berkeley.edu/sii
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