The first SONG Telescope
Channel: Aarhus Universitet
Date: 2014-10-20

The new SONG telescope in Tenerife is the first ever telescope, that can be controlled remotely via a tablet and an ordinary Internet connection! It is smaller and cheaper than comparable state-of-the-art telescopes, but it has already started to provide outstanding scientific results - with the aim to study the stars and search for and explore exoplanets in our galaxy. The Hertzsprung SONG telescope in Tenerife - named after the Danish astronomer Ejnar Hertzsprung (1873-1967) - is the first of eight telescopes in the SONG network, which is expected to be completed in 10 years. 

When the network is completed, it will be possible to study specific stars and planets twenty-four seven, because when the sun rises over one telescope, the next telescope in the network will take over and so on. All telescopes will be connected and operated automatically.
The Hertzsprung SONG telescope in Tenerife is owned and operated by Aarhus University and the University of Copenhagen in collaboration with the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias.

SONG is a Danish-led project set to design and build a global network of small telescopes that will specifically target the study of stars and planetary systems around stars. The idea is to develop a prototype of a new ultramodern robotic telescope that is inexpensive and efficient to run. 

SONG stands for Stellar Observations Network Group and was launched in 2006 by astronomers at Aarhus University and the University of Copenhagen. The Hertzsprung SONG Telescope is the prototype of the SONG network and is financed by the VILLUM FONDEN, Carlsberg Foundation, Danish Council for Independent Research, European Research Council, Danish National Research Foundation, Aarhus University, University of Copenhagen and Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias.
 
Read more:  http://scitech.au.dk/en/current-affairs/new-telescope-network-reaches-for-the-stars/