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Turia 2
Turia 2
Type: Equipment

The Turia 2 telescope is a 51 cm wide-field aperture reflector with a Robotic German Equatorial mount that can autonomously perform the observations programmed for it. It is located at the Aras de los Olmos Observatory.

Description

30 cm wide-field aperture Cassegrain telescope (f/3.8).

Robotic German Equatorial mount, synchronised with the dome.

CCD data acquisition camera and autoguiding camera.

8-position filter wheel. Mountable filters: Johnson, SDSS, Stromgren, RGBL, Hα, OIII.

Practical implementation

Photometry: measurement of the intensity of light radiated by celestial bodies and its variation over time (light curves).

Astrometry: measurement of the position of celestial bodies.

Terms of use

The facilities will be used by the support astronomers, who will be in charge of conducting the requested observations.

UV structures that manages it