EQUIPMENT 


(A) TELESCOPES

Holomon Astronomical Station houses a group of nine telescopes. The main telescopes in use are a Meade LX-200 (D=250mm, F=2000mm, f/8) mounted on a heavy duty, custom made, permanent base and a Celestron C-11 XLT (D=280mm, F=2800mm, f/10) mounted on the EQ-6 Skyscan Pro mount. These are supported by a Vixen VC200L (D=200mm, F=1800mm, f/9), a Celestron G8-N (D=200mm, F=1000mm, f/5) and a Skywatcher (D=200mm, F=1000mm, f/5) telescope. An apochromatic Vixen refractor (D=102mm, F=1000mm, f/9.8) two Konus (D=150m, F=1000mm, f/6.6 & D=114mm, F=500mm, f/4,3) and a Celestron (D=80mm, F=900mm, f/11) with an Ha Filter complete the group. 

 

(B) INSTRUMENTS

There are two astronomical CCD cameras in use on Mt. Holomon (i) SBIG ST-7 and (ii) SBIG ST-4. The aquisition of a new camera has been completed and the camera is due to arrive. The Station is also equipped with a weather station and a DCF-77 unit for accurate time.

 

(C) COMPUTER SUPPORT

The computer facilities of the Station are quite adequate, consisting of four workstations operating both Linux and Windows, supplied with a variety of astronomical programs including IRAF, Starlink, and MIDAS. A custom made data reduction pipeline, the NEMESIS software, is being employed as the main reduction facility.
                                                                                                                                                                                                 

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Last update: Aug 30 10:20:00 EET 2006

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