Astronomy Lab
This laboratory is a multi-use indoor and outdoor space (roof of our building) dedicated to the development and testing of new equipment, either hardware or software, for ground-based telescopes, related facilities or for testing Earth observation equipment.
Telescope
The telescope is in our astronomy laboratory and can be controlled remotely, from inside the center as well as outside it (with established permits and schedules). Due to the environmental conditions, the telescope is mainly used for educational and outreach activities. The telescope consists of:
- 5m Baader Planetarium AllSky dome
- APC AP7920 Rack PDU
- Meade 10″ LX200GPS Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope
- Moravian CMOS camera C2-5000A Mono (Filters: g, r, i, z)
- ASKAR 52M guide tube
- PlayerOne Camera Uranus-C pro
