Nyrölä Observatory in Finland


Technical information and equipment:

TELESCOPES:
  • 16 inch Meade LX200
  • 10 inch Meade LX200
  • CCDs:
  • SBIG ST-8XE NABG Class 1 (on loan from AAVSO)
  • SBIG ST-7E
  • SBIG ST-5C
  • SOFTWARE:
  • Astronomer's Control Panel and TheSky for telescope control
  • Maxim DL for CCD-control
  • IRAF (Linux) and AIP4WIN for photometry
  • Astrometrica and PinPoint
  • Peranso for time-serie analysis
  • CATALOGS:
  • USNO-A2.0
  • Tycho-2
  • FILTERS:
  • SBIG CFW8-filterwheel with RGB and BVR-filters
  • Optec MAXFilter with photometric 2" BVR filters
  • 25 mm Methan-filter (891 nm, FWHM 20 nm)
  • 1.25 inch z'-filter (infrared from 850 nm)
  • FOCAL REDUCER:
  • Optec f/5 Widefield
  • Meade f6.3
  • EYEPIECES:
  • 1.25" 26mm Meade
  • 2" 32mm Meade Super Wide Angle
  • Vixen LV 10 mm
  • 2x Vixen barlow
  • OTHER EQUIPMENT:
  • Watec N-100 CCD video camera with remote control
  • BlackBoxCamera GPS Time Inserter
  • Garmin GPS25 GPS receiver
  • SBIG AO-7 Active Optics device
  • Optec TCF, electronic focuser with temperature correction
  • Kendric Dew Remover System
  • Internet connection with 2MB HDSL
  • Continuous time synchronizing direct from internet for imaging computers
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