Telescopes

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Astrophysical observatory instruments in Tõravere include

1.5 m Cassegrain reflector AZT-12 with a fibre-fed echelle spectrograph TOFES and a CCD-photometer in Cassegrain focus. Echelle spectrograph allows to observe with spectral resolutions 33000 and 16000 in the wavelength range of 3900 - 9100 angstroms. Photometer has 12 - Johnson-Cousins B,V,Rc,Ic, SDSS u',g',r',i',z', narrow-band Halpha and [NII] 6583, and Luminance - standard or custom filters. The field of view of the photometer is 3.8x3.8 arcminutes.

On special request, the Cassegrain long-slit spectrograph ASP-32 with wide range of spectral resolutions R~300...10000 is available, allowing to cover wavelength range ~3200 - 10000 angstroms.

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Suur teleskoop - Tõravere - Tartu Ülikool
Author: Kalju Annuk

0.6 m mirror telescope Zeiss-600 for photometric observations with a CCD photometer equipped with Johnson-Cousins UBVRI filters. The field of view of Zeiss 600 telescope is 12.8x12.8 arcminutes.

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Peegelteleskoop Zeiss 600
Author: Marja-Liisa Plats

0.3 m automatic robotic telescope Planewave CDK 12.5 with a CCD photometer equipped with Johnson-Cousins BVRI, narrow-band Ha, and Luminance filters (last for faint objects). The field of view of this telescope is 38x38 arcminutes.

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Robotteleskoop Planewave CDK 12,5 koos CCD-fotomeetriga
Author: Marja-Liisa Plats