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APM Professional Telescopes

1m F/8 Ritchey Chrétien with dual Nasmyth Foci, Cape Town (South Africa)

Another large telescope for the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO). An 1m F/8 Alt-Az mounted Ritchey Chrétien for robotic use. It has dual Nasmyth Foci. The main telescopes used for research are located at the SAAO observing station (32°22.795’S 20°48,657’E) near Sutherland in the Northern Cape, a 4-hour drive from Cape Town.

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Big prime focus telescopes for private or public observatories including installation and full service.

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Robotic instruments for automatic imaging or telescopes for remote observation.

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Spectroscopes

ZWO Cameras

Suitable for the spectrograph
ZWO MONO Astro Camera ASI 533MM-PRO cooled, Sensor D= 16 mm, 3.76 µm Pixel Size
Cooled USB 3.0 monochrome astro camera with powerful back-illuminated CMOS sensor for astrophotography in square format

Cameras for Spectroscope UVEX & LISA (VIS)

eShel II complete system

Thorium-Argon lamp

th arg lamp Hollow cathode lamp (HCL) Thorium – Argon (ThAr). This is the lamp used on eShel and Whoppshel spectroscopes.
The large number of lines in each order of these instruments enables precise calibration. This is thebulb alone, it requires High Voltage power supply and interface cable.
This bulb is included in the Calibrations modul eShel II – it is a replacement/support part.
See the eShel II complete system for details of this fiber-optic Echelle spectroscopy solution.

APM Professional Telescopes

1m F/8 Ritchey Chrétien with dual Nasmyth Foci, Cape Town (South Africa)

Another large telescope for the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO). An 1m F/8 Alt-Az mounted Ritchey Chrétien for robotic use. It has dual Nasmyth Foci. The main telescopes used for research are located at the SAAO observing station (32°22.795’S 20°48,657’E) near Sutherland in the Northern Cape, a 4-hour drive from Cape Town.