MONS Telescope
Introducción
MONS Telescope is a reflector of 50 cm in diameter, constructed by the University of Mons (Belgium) in 1972 for purposes night. The telescope was used in the early practices of the Department of Astrophysics in "Universidad de La Laguna" and it's still basically oriented education so that many colleges require their use for practical as well as groups of astronomic amateur.
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Building Mons' dome |
Features
| Mount | German Ecuariorial |
| Focus | Cassegrain & Newton |
| Diameter primary mirror | 50 cm (19.7") |
| Effective focal length | f = 7500, 0 mm (Cassegrain) |
| Field in Viewfinder | 50' |
| Field in Telescope-Eyepiece 55 mm | 18' |
| Accuracy in DEC | 60" |
| Accuracy in AH | 0,5m |
| Latitude | 28º 18' 04,39" ( 28.301219º ) |
| Longitude | −16h 30m 38,97s ( -16.510825h ) |
Instrumentation
The current instrumentation consists of a series of eyepiece and a CCD camera ST-8. It also has various additional resources, as two PC's with software for controlling the CCD.
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