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The General Nathan Twining Observatory TAAS Home • GNTO Home • Equipment • Training • Safety • Astro Pictures • History |
| Equipment - Telescopes - Part 1 |
| The three observatory (in a dome) telescopes include: the Isengard 16", the Celestron 11", and the Astrophysics 6". |
| Isengard 16" Telescope | |||||||||||
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The Isengard is a 16" f/6 Newtonian style telescope, made by Cave-Astrola, on a equatorial mount donated by amateur astronomer Lt. Col Bill Isengard USAF, Ret.
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| Celestron 11" Telescope | |||||
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This is an 11" f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, made by Celestron, on a Losmandy Equatorial Mount, with a Gemini Control System, which is the brains of the mount. Thanks to René Görlich for the Level 3 EPROM!
The TAAS 2 computer, in the Ortega Building, is used to slew the scope and receive images from the camera.
Level 3 Training is required to operate this telescope with the camera. |
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| Astrophysics 6" Telescope | |||
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This is a 6" f/8 refractor style telescope, made by Astrophysics, on a equatorial mount. Attached is the ST-9E SBIG camera.
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Last Modified: Feb 12, 2003 |
The Isengard is housed in the main dome.
A NGC-MAX computer allows aligning the Isengard to a selected object.
A monitor, keyboard, and mouse are located next to the Isengard, and when synced up to the NGC-MAX, will show where the telescope is pointing on a view of the sky.
A chart table diagrams the sky, and may also be used to set other charts on.
The C11 is mounted in the small dome, which is 50 feet east of the main dome.