Observatory General Data
Lat. 39° 18’ 52.11’’
Long. 16° 45’ 04.51’’
Alt. 1172 m
Il telescopio riceve gli alert via GCN ed è in grado di effettuare osservazioni secondo una schedula prefissata. La strategia per il follow-up di candidati GW è da mettere a punto.
Persona di riferimento: Antonino Brosio – antonino.brosio@gmail.com
Sito web: astrosavelli.it
| Dome: | 5 meters diameter with 1,50 meters opening |
| Principal Telescope: | Ritchey – Chretien 500 mm, focal length 4000 f/8 |
| Mount: | robust fork mounted with ultra-accurate stepper motors |
| CCD: | Finger Lakes ProLine 1001 |
| Filters: | Sloan u’, g’, r’, i’ (+ Astrodon LRGB and Johnson-Cousins R Photometric) |
| Guide Telescope: | acromatic refractor 127 mm, focal length 1200 f/9,4 |
| Guide CCD: | Atik 16 IC |
| Software: | OmegaLab Ricerca Software made by Salvatore Massaro |
| Automated Telescope: | Possible, with ATN Software |
| Dark, Flat and Bias: | possible, with automated shoot and data reduction |
| Field of View: | 21.1 x 21.1 arcmin |
| Resolution: | 1.24 arcsec/pix |
| FoV of Guide Telescope: | 14 x 11 arcmin |
| G.T. Resolution: | 1.27 arcsec/pix |
| CCD Magnitude Limit (no filter) | |
|---|---|
| Without Moon: | ∼ 21.10 |
| With Full Moon: | ∼ 18.60 |
Telescope Datasheet
| Focal Length: | 4000mm |
| Aperture: | 500mm 1/10λ |
| Focal Ratio: | f/8 |
| Mirror Coatings: | aluminum with SiO overcoat, 97% reflective |
| Minor Axis of Secondary Mirror: | 1115mm |
| Tube Length: | 1524mm (60″) |
| Tube Outer Diameter: | 564mm |
| CCD | |
|---|---|
| Sensor: | ON Semi KAF-1001E |
| Pixels: | 1024 x 1024 |
| Pixel Size: | 24 μm |
| Well Capacity: | 500,000 e- |
| Sensor Diagonal: | 34.8 mm |
| Video Size (inch): | 2.2 |
| Anti Blooming: | None |
| Color Options: | Monochrome |
| CCD Type: | Front Illuminated |
| CCD Grades: | 1, 2 |
| PL1001 Performance | |
| Digitization Speed: | 1 MHz, 3.3 MHz |
| Typical System Noise: | 9 e- RMS @ 1 MHz |
| Typical Maximum Cooling: | 60ºC Below Ambient |
| Typical Dark Current: | < 1% ( < 0.2 e-/pixel/sec @ -45°C ) |
| Available Shutters: | 63.5 mm |
| Sensitivity tested: | up to 60.000 ADU |