Publications Overview

Fairborn Institute student and staff members have, over the past two decades, authored or co-authored over 100 papers and a dozen books. A typical paper, “Observations of Potential Gaia DR2 Red Dwarf Binary Stars in the Solar Neighborhood—II,” describes speckle interferometry observations at the Fairborn Institute Robotic Observatory (FIRO). The most recent book, Small Telescope Astronomical Research Handbook (STAR Handbook), is a comprehensive guide to planning, conducting, and publishing research at smaller observatories. The STAR Handbook is used as the text for the student research seminars sponsored by the Institute for Student Astronomical Research.

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The 2010 book, The Alt-Az Initiative, featured the pioneering development of telescopes, mirrors, and instruments for smaller telescopes by members of the Institute and Alt-Az Initiative.

The 2018, Small Telescope Astronomical Research Handbook, is a comprehensive guide for planning and managing projects, completing observations and analysis, and writing and editing papers.

The influential 1985 book, Microcomputer Control of Telescopes, helped to launch the robotic telescope revolution. It featured the early automation of telescopes at the Fairborn Observatory.

The 1989 book, Robotic Observatories, featured the successful automation of the Fairborn Observatory on Mt. Hopkins with its seven remotely accessed robotic telescopes.