IAAT (Astronomy): The 80cm Telescope

Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik

Abteilung Astronomie

Sand 1, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany

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Telescope and Cameras

dome impressions mounting of the telescope first light

Telescope

Since september 2003 our institute possesses a 0.8m reflector built by AstroOptik Keller, placed in a 5m dome by Baader. It has a focallength of 6.40m (f/8, with focal reducer f/4) and two Nasmyth foci. Details can be found on the websites of the producers.

Cameras

Our institute disposes of a ST-V, ST-7, ST-7e (incl. filter wheel CFW8, Johnson BVRI) and STL-1001E (incl. LRGB, Johnson UBVRI, BG40, and He4686 filters) by SBIG,
and a HX916 by Starlight XPress. Details can be found on the websites of the producers. Furthermore, our institute possesses a spectrograph (10C Optomechanics), which is used especially for educating purposes. For the wavelength calibration we use Hg and Ne.

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