Performance of the Digital Science Partnership Remotely-Operated 0.5-Meter Corrected Dall-Kirkham Telescopes John Kielkopf1, Brad Carter2, Carolyn Brown2, Rhodes Hart2, Jeff Hay1, Ian Waite2 OVERVIEW The Digital Science Partnership is a collaboration between the University of Louisville and the University of Southern Queensland to develop remote and robotic astronomical instrumentation and software, primarily for education, student research, and teacher training. ...

... The XPA messaging system originally was built on top of the X Window System and XPA was the mnemonic for X Public Access , to emphasize that we were providing public access to previously private data and algorithms in Xt programs. ... If you think this is bad, consider the MMT Telescope on Mount Hopkins, Arizona. When first installed twenty years ago, it featured an array of six 72-inch diameter mirrors. from which came its name: the Multiple Mirror Telescope . ... And now MMT stands for .. ...