Indian Astronomical Observatory, Hanle
IIA and McDonell Center for the Space Sciences of Washington University, St. Louis, USA, will operate two 0.5-m f/10 Cassegrain telescopes for monitoring Active Galactic Nuclei. One of these telescopes is located at IAO and the other in Arizona, USA. The two telescopes, 180 deg apart in longitude, would together constitute the Antipodal Transient Observatory.
The telescopes are equipped with an optical CCD imager and will be made available in both robotic and remote observing modes. 70% of the telescope time will be used for continuous photometric monitoring of AGN, while the remaining time will be used for photometry of targest of opportunity and other programmes of interest.
- Specifications:
TELESCOPE |
|
Aperture |
0.5 metres |
Optics |
Ritchey-Chretien |
Mount |
Equatorial |
F-ratio |
f/3 primary; f/10 cassegrain |
Image scale |
41 arcsec/mm |
FOV |
7 arcmin; 60arcmin with corrector |
OPTICAL IMAGER |
|
Detector |
1K X 1K CCD of 24 micron pixel |
Image scale |
0.98 arcsec/pixel |
FOV |
17 X 17 arcmin |
Filters |
Bessell UBVRI |