Testing tiny telescope robots reveals design changes that could improve galaxy maps

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Researchers tested small robotic telescopes and identified design changes that could improve their performance in mapping galaxies. The work relates to astronomical surveys that chart stars, planets, and the distribution of galaxies over cosmic time.

Astronomers have cataloged billions of stars and hundreds of billions of galaxies. We have found thousands of planets orbiting stars. We can also map where galaxies sit and trace how the universe changes over time.