The JC Bhattacharya Telescope
1.3m Telescope was installed in the Vainu Bappu Observatory and it was named after the ex-Director of IIA, Prof J.C. Bhattacharya in April 2014. The telescope has Ritchey-Chretien F/8 optical configuration, with a primary mirror of 1.3m diameter. The field of view of the telescope is 30 minutes of arc and the plate scale is 20 arc sec/mm. It has three instrument ports. We have a 2k x 4k CCD system for direct imaging at the main port