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ROVOR is a 16" telescope on a site near Delta Utah that will be used to remotely monitor active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and also variable stars. AGNs include quasars, Seyfert nuclei and Low Ionization Nuclear Emission Regions, or LINERS. The standard model of AGNs is that they are a supermassive black hole surrounded by an accretion disk and a more extensive lower-density region that feeds material to the disk. The disk brightens and dims as gas falls upon it and as dusty clouds orbiting around it obscure it from our view. Optical variability then becomes a measure of these effects and can provide data that can be used to model the specific nature of different AGNs.
ROVOR News:
| 2008-05-08 |  ROVOR has seen first light! Work continues on polar-aligning the telescope, building the weather station, and establishing remote communications. |
| 2008-03-08 | The new ROVOR 16" telescope is onsite and bolted down. View photos of Dr. Moody along with team members Jana Harrison, Evan Hansen, Richard Pearson, Cameron Pace    |
| 2008-03-04 | The new ROVOR website is now available. Please contact us if you have any questions. |
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