Network

The Shared Skies network incorporates four servers, computers at each instrument, video conferencing at three sites, and user workstations at both observatories:

University of Southern Queensland Mount Kent Observatory

mtkent1.mko.usq.edu.au (Primary server at MKO used for data archive and Shared Skies links)

mtkent2.mko.usq.edu.au (Backup server at MKO used for batch processing)

crux.mko.usq.edu.au (CDK20 South)

canopus.mko.usq.edu.au (Operator console)

pagepower.mko.usq.edu.au (CDK20 South power control)

University of Louisville Information Technology

mtkent3.it-servers.louisville.edu (Primary server at U of L used for data archives and host of [http://sharedskies.org%7CShared Skies)

mtkent4.it-servers.louisville.edu (Backup server at U of L used for batch processing)

University of Louisville Moore Observatory

pegasus.astro.louisville.edu (CDK20 North)

owl.astro.louisville.edu (Site operator console)

moondog.astro.louisville.edu (Local web server and host to weather station and environmental monitors)

sundog.astro.louisville.edu (Local data storage)

wispi.astro.louisivlle.edu (CDK12 and Wispi)

equuleus.astro.louisville.edu (RC24)

aquila.astro.louisville.edu (RC24 operator console)

University of Louisville Class and Conference Rooms

carina.physics.louisville.edu (Physics and Astronomy)

cygnus.planetarium.louisville.edu (Planetarium)

Video Conferencing

Mt. Kent: 139.86.48.250 (Polycom)

U of L Planetarium: 136.165.95.78 (Polycom)

U of L Physics and Astronomy: 136.165.82.27 (Tandberg: tandberg.physics.louisville.edu)

Moore Observatory: 136.165.82.27 (Tandberg: tandberg.astro.louisville.edu)

Video Servers

allsky.astro.louisville.edu (Fisheye view of the northern sky)

skycam.mko.usq.edu.au (Fisheye view of the southern sky)

aldebaran.astro.louisville.edu (Site camera at Moore Observatory)

antares.astro.louisville.edu (CDK20 North video server)

ptzcam.mko.usq.edu.au (Site camera at MKO)

domecam.mko.usq.edu.au (CDK20 South dome PTZ camera)

stv.mko.usq.edu.au (CDK20 South video server)

Connections

Connections between instruments in the network

Networks at the University of Louisville and the University of Southern Queensland are connected through Internet2 from Louisville to Sydney, and a high speed network within Australia. From the Toowoomba campus to Mt. Kent a line-of-sight microwave link provides a data rate of 50 Mb/s. From the Louisville campus network to Moore Observatory a commodity T1 line limits data to 1.5 Mb/s.

Outside access to the the University networks is limited by firewalls as shown in the figure. Direct control of the telescopes for remote observing is available only through the virtual private networks (VPN's), or through a limited web-based interface.