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Title:
AstroTwitter
Authors:
Lowe, Stuart R.
Affiliation:
AA(Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, United Kingdom)
Publication:
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #214, #238.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.741
Publication Date:
05/2009
Origin:
AAS
Bibliographic Code:
2009AAS...21423802L

Abstract

AstroTwitter is a service for telescopes, astronomers and the public to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you observing? This question, commonly asked by visitors to observatories, can now be answered cheaply, easily and systematically by everyone and every telescope to a global audience. With a real-time messaging bus written in human and machine-readable form, we will have the ability to watch the world's telescopes chasing gamma ray bursts, follow global star parties live, and discover which parts of the sky are the most frequently (or least frequently) observed.

The author is funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).

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