Telescope

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for astronomy practical test

4th IESO 2010 team

Telescope system

Vixen - VMC200L - 8" f/9.5

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Modified Cassegrain

(S hi ) Equatorial
(Sphinx) i l mounting
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(Star Book) hand controller

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Specifications
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• Optical Design : Catadioptric Reflector

• Eff ti Aperture
Effective A t : 8" (200mm)
(200 )
• Focal Length : 76.8" (1950mm)
• Focal Ratio : f/9.75
• Secondary Mirror : d=2.8"(72mm)
• Resolution (Dawes) : 0.63" (16mm)
• Limiting Visual Magnitude: 13.3
13 3
• Optical Tube Dimensions : 232mm x 535mm
• Finder scope : 7x50mm (FOV: 7 deg)
• W i ht
Weight : 5.9
59k kg
(S hi ) equatorial
(Sphinx) t i l mounting
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 Student only move

Detail Description these two clamps for

manual mode
(St Book)
(Star B k) h
hand
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STAR BOOK with the world's first large color LCD screen. The map that shows
the positions of stars and their detailed information are stored. Beautiful
coloring and design.
Star Book Controller
Sky map
How to control the telescope
1. Manually
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Student will only use manual
mode
2. Using Star Book controller
3. Using laptop/desktop
− ethernet/UTP cable
− Installed planetarium
software
Accessories and Conditions
• There are 7 unit telescopes
• Each unit will have accessories
accessories, ii.e.
e a set of eye-piece
(5, 9, 15, 20, 25 and 40 mm), flip mirror and 450
diagonal
• Telescope mounting position is already N-S alignment
and the power is on (tracking mode)
• Astronomy
A practical
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be h
held
ld at night
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− Student’s private items should be prepared (jacket, medicine,
etc.)
• Students will do
− Lock/unlock R.A. clamp and Declination clamp (screw) on the
both side of the mounting telescope (see mounting picture)
− Focusing
F i telescope
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the b
backk side
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the optical
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b if
necessary.
R A and
R.A. dDDeclination
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• Telescope will not move when R.A. and
Declination clamps are tighten
• Unlock clamp one by one either R.A.
R A or
Declination clamp. Do not unlock both clamps
• If R.A.
R A clamp is loose
loose, Declination clamp sho
should
ld
be locked, vice-versa
− Move telescope to desired position.
position Lock R
R.A.
A clamp
− Unlock Declination clamp. Move telescope. Lock
Declination clamp
− Vice versa
Seeing Patterns in the Sky
using
g Planetarium software
Using Stellarium
Stellarium, planetarium free software available to
download from http://www.stellarium.org/.
1. Open Stellarium .
2. Go down to the horizontal menu bar on the bottom left
of the Stellarium window and click the button for the
configuration window (a button with a wrench icon)
icon).
3. Now select the location tab and you can use the map
there to select Yogyakarta
4. Coordinates of Indonesia Air Force airport at
Gading, Wonosari, Yogyakarta
South 070 55’,0144, East 1100 34’,344 and altitude:
255 m above sea level
Stellarium interface
End