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Modernization of the BAO NAS RA 1-m Schmidt Telescope
The modernization of the 1-m Schmidt telescope of the Byurakan Astrophysical
Observatory (NAS of Armenia) is finished. A new control system has been
created, a CCD detector (4kx4k, readout noise of 11 e, pixel size of
9 μm (0.89 arcsec), field of view of about 1 sq. degree) with
fluid cooling and a set of 21 midband, 5 broadband, and 3 narrowband
filters has been installed in the telescope focus. First images have
been received.
Authors:
S.Dodonov,
V.Afanasiev, V.Amirkhanyan (SAO RAS) together with T.Movsessian,
S.Balayan, V.Gabrielyan (BAO NAS RA)
The results were reported at the international conference "The Present
and Future of Small and
Medium-Size Telescopes" (SMT-2015), September 19-22, 2015, Nizhny Arkhyz
1. V.Gabrielyan, T.Movsessian, Modernization of the Byurakan Astrophysical
Observatory 1-m Schmidt Telescope, SMT-2015 Conference Abstracts, p.36;
2. S.Dodonov, V.Afanasiev, V.Amirkhanyan, T.Movsessian, V.Gabrielyan,
Spectrophotometry of Stars and Galaxies in Midband Filters with the
Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory 1-m Schmidt telescope: the Instrument
Possibilities and Challenges, SMT-2015
Conference Abstracts, p.44.
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