Wednesday, July 1, 2009

The Bradferd Robotic Telescope

Check out this cool telescope. If you have been into astrophotography for any amount of time then you may already know about the Bradferd Robotic Telescope. But, for thous how don't, This is the Bradferd Robotic Telescope. The BRT telescope is a collection of 4 telescopes and other instruments on Mount Teide, Tenerife. It is free to use for all, using there web site.

Sign up is free and you can take your own pics with it. You don't need a telescope at all. Let me give you just a little info about there scopes. Of course you can click the link and get the info your self.

Telescopes
There are four telescopes on the mount, Constellation, Cluster, Galaxy and Guide.
 
Constellation
This optical system provides our largest field of view. It is designed to image an area of the sky that is big enough to show individual constellations. It can also be used to image the Milky Way, something that is very difficult to see from the UK.
Field of view
Approx 40 degrees square
Camera
FLI MaxCam CM2-1 fitted with a E2V CCD47-10. 1k x 1k pixels, each 13um square. Class 1
Filter
FLI CFW-2 Eight position filter wheel
Focus
N/A (fixed focus point)
Optical
Nikon 16mm f2.8 lens
 
Cluster
This optical system is large enough to cover many important stellar clusters, and sensitive enough to show background stars in an image of the moon. A typical target for this system would be the Pleiades (also known as M45) or a large globular cluster such as M15.
Field of view
Approx 3 degrees square
Camera
FLI MaxCam CM2-1 fitted with a E2V CCD47-10. 1k x 1k pixels, each 13um square. Class 1
Filter
FLI CFW-2 Eight position filter wheel
Focus
N/A (fixed focus point)
Optical
Nikon 200mm lens
 
Galaxy
This optical system is a real telescope with a 14 inch aperture. It can be used to image any visible Messier object, many NGC objects, small star fields and planets. It also provides detailed close-up images of the moon.
Field of view
Approx 24 arc minutes square
Camera
FLI MicroLine fitted with a E2V CCD47-10. 1k x 1k pixels, each 13um square. Class 2
Filter
FLI CFW-2 Eight position filter wheel
Focus
Optec TCF-s Temperature Controlled Focuser. Motorised Crayford style focuser with automatic temperature compensation
Optical
Schmidt-Cassegrain Celestron C14 optical tube. 3910mm focal length, 355mm aperture at f/11. A Celestron focal reducer gives an effective focal length of 1877mm at f/5.3.
 
Guide
Field of view
As yet unmeasured
Camera
FLI MaxCam CM10-1 fitted with a Kodak KAF-3200. 2184 x 1510 pixels, each 6.8um square. Class 1
Filter
FLI CFW-2 Eight position filter wheel
Focus
Optec TCF-s Temperature Controlled Focuser. Motorised Crayford style focuser with automatic temperature compensation
Optical
Orion Optics OMC140 DeLuxe. 2000mm focal length, 140mm aperture. Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope operating at f/14.

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