Astronomy Camp Computer Facilities

With the development of sensitive solid state light detectors and the spreading of scientific discoveries via the Internet, computers have become a mandatory tool for research astronomers.

Likewise, Astronomy Camp participants have access to the same variety of software and hardware tools. Camp faculty and counselors are well versed with the computers' capabilities. With the facilities available, Campers can:

• Explore the Internet for information on a particular astronomical topic or area of research. Many research journals now publish their contents online!
• Take digital CCD images and/or spectra of their objects.
• Analyze their images and/or spectra via the same data reduction and analysis software used by research astronomers.
• Write their data to DAT or CD-ROM. Campers can then continue to investigate their images and spectra at home long after Camp is over.
• ...and more!

Feature	Camp Laptop	WebServer	Mt. Lemmon Workstation #1	Mt. Lemmon Workstation #2	Mt. Lemmon Workstation #3	Mt. Lemmon Server	Minnesota Workstation
Name	Poseidon	Zeus	Rhea	Chronus	Castor	Apollo	Pollux
CPU	Intel 486DX/33	Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.40GHz	Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.80GHz	Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.80GHz	Intel Celeron CPU 1200MHz	AMD Athlon CPU 1200MHz	Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.40GHz
Operating system(s)	Linux + DOS/Win3.1	Red Hat Linux	Debian Linux	Debian Linux	Red Hat Linux	Red Hat Linux	Red Hat Linux
Memory	8 MB	512 MB	1 GB	1 GB	256 MB	512 MB	512 MB
Disk Space	0.3 GB IDE	75 GB IDE	110 GB IDE	110 GB IDE	400 MB IDE	80 GB IDE	75 GB IDE
Networking	Ethernet	Ethernet	Ethernet	Ethernet	Ethernet	Ethernet	Ethernet
Archival devices	floppy*	DVD/RW	DVD/RW	DVD/RW	DVD/RW	DVD/RAM(?)	DVD/RW

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