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 are able to:

• 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 tape, CD, or DVD. Campers can then continue to investigate their images and spectra at home long after Camp is over.
• ...and more!

Below is a detailed summary of the computer facilities available at Astronomy Camp.

Hardware/ Software	Webserver	Data Server	Workstation 1	Workstation 2	Workstation 3	iMac
Hostname	zeus	apollo	vega	fomalhaut	altair	imac
CPU	Intel Pentium-4 @ 2.40 GHz	AMD Athlon 2300 @ 1.70 GHz	Intel Pentium-4 @ 2.40 GHz	Intel Pentium-4 @ 2.80 GHz	Intel Pentium-4 @ 2.80 GHz	IBM PowerPC G5 @ 2 GHz
Operating System	Red Hat Fedora 6	Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron	Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron	Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron	Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron	OS X 1.4 Tiger
Memory	512 MB	512 MB	1 GB	1 GB	1 GB	1 GB
Storage Space	75 GB	80 GB	75 GB	110 GB	110 GB	80 GB
Archival Devices	DVD-RW	DVD-RAM	DVD-RW	DVD-RW	DVD-RW	DVD-RW