80cm Teleskop der Max Valier Sternwarte, Bozen

In June 2002 we have installed the 80cm f/10 Cassegrain for Max Valier observatory. The observatory is located at a height of 1350m near Bozen (Bolzano) at a little town called Gummer.

The telescope can be fully remotely controlled (dome, telescope, mirror covers etc.). The measured pointing accuracy is 10 arc seconds RMS and the guiding accuracy is better than 1" RMS in 5 minutes.

The seeing is really fine at this location as we could measure down to 1.2 arc seconds during our first test images.

CLICK HERE FOR THE FIRST LIGHT IMAGES


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Optic
We used a 80cm Optic set from Russia for this telescope. Here you can see an interferogram of this optic set:

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Mechanic

We use a friction drive at this telescope. High resolution encoders are used to real-time controll the residual driving errors. All elements are FEM optimized.

Software

We use our Autoslew-Software to controll the telescope. A pointing model is used to achieve the pointing accuracy. All functions can be controlled via a modified ACL protocoll.


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Installation

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Installation of the fork on the basementl

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The tube is lifted through the dome

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Installation of the tube on the forkl

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...and the ready telescope

 

StarObserver about the MaxValier Telescope (in German)

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