This site was designed to take advantage of web standards. The outdated browser you are using does not conform to those standards. To experience this site as intended, please consider upgrading to one of the latest browsers from Mozilla, Netscape, or Microsoft.

Technology Requirements

Technical Requirements for Schools participating in current & future projects & campaigns:

  • A higher resolution monitor (1024x768 or higher) is preferred. Computer must have CD-ROM drive.
  • A computer with at least 128 MB RAM, 1 GHz processor, and a dedicated Internet connection of at least 256 Kbps. The computer must have Sun’s Java Run Time environment (version >1.4.2), available from http://www.java.com, as well as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 (or higher) or Mozilla 1.4 (or higher, freely available from http://www.mozilla.org). Mac users should have OS X 10.3 or higher running a version of Mozilla.
  • The software runs via a web-based Java VNC application. The computer MUST be able to access TCP ports 5801 and 5901 on http://reddish1.lewiscenter.org and http://reddish2.lewiscenter.org. Most schools have NAT based firewall, which works fine as long as they are state-ful. Some schools have connected through a Squid Proxy server, however, this is not recommended or supported.
  • Schools unable to meet the hardware or software requirements may still be able to connect using a stand-alone VNC viewer application (available from http://www.tightvnc.com/download.html), however, the network requirements are the same. Macintosh users running < OS X will encounter problems and are not supported.

Connecting your school to GAVRT's Mission Control (MC):

  • Participating school must provide an Internet connection with minimum 256 Kbps.
  • Participating school must provide phone connection (speaker phone preferred) for voice communication with Mission Control at GAVRT OCC.
  • Participating school must provide classroom computer with the following minimum requirements: Basic computer with access to the Internet for live video of telescope, download of GAVRT teacher materials, scheduling, and other related communication.
For more information, please contact gavrt-info@lcer.org or call (760) 946-5414 x262.