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New cool astro tool!
In our effort to provide amateur astronomers with tools f Where to find Track The Stars will participate at a number of Star Part New technology for astrophotography Feb. 11 2010. We have for some time been working on a new TTS-300 mounting installed at Samsø Observatory The new “Samsø Observatorium” ne Astrotræf Stevns 2009 Track The Stars attended the ”Astrotræf&rd Astrotræf Stevns '09. Participates in "Astrotræf Stevns" 23-25 |
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TTS-300 mounting installed at Samsø Observatory
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The new “Samsø Observatorium” near Ballen on the Island of Samsø is nearing completion.
The new TTS-300 Telescope Mounting and the two telescopes were installed recently. The main telescope is a Gregorian-Newton with an ø300 mm primary mirror and 6000mm focal length. Track The Stars has modified the mirror cell for the tertiary mirror so that it is easy to switch to a standard Newton configuration giving a focal length of 1500mm. The second telescope is a very high quality 5.5 inch TEC-140 APO refractor. The TTS-300 mounting carries the combined weight of 48 kg instruments and 42 kg counterweights with ease.
The movement pattern of the TTS-300 mounting is perfect for a public observatory. The eyepiece position is always comfortable. Especially with the Gregorian-Newton telescope where the focuser is coming out exactly horizontally very near the altitude axis, so that it stays in exactly the same height, eliminating the need for ladders. Besides this the mounting takes up much less space than an equatorial mounting (no counter weight shaft to the side) limiting the risk that visitors bumps into the mounting.Visit the observatory homepage for more information www.samsoeobservatorium.dk |
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