Telescope Fabra ROA Montsec: a new robotic wide-field Baker-Nunn facility
A Baker–Nunn Camera (BNC), originally installed at the Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada (ROA) in 1958, was refurbished and robotized. The new facility, called Telescope Fabra ROA Montsec (TFRM), was installed at the Observatori Astronòmic del Montsec (OAdM). The process of refurbishment is...
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Telescope Fabra ROA Montsec: a new robotic wide-field Baker-Nunn facilityFors Aldrich, OctaviNúñez de Murga, Jorge, 1955-Muiños, J.L.Montojo, F.J.Baena Gallé, RobertoBoloix, J.López-Morcillo, R.Merino, M.T.Downey, E.Mazur, M.J.TelescopisMontsec (Catalunya)Observatoris astronòmicsTelescopesMontsec Mountains (Catalonia)Astronomical observatoriesA Baker–Nunn Camera (BNC), originally installed at the Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada (ROA) in 1958, was refurbished and robotized. The new facility, called Telescope Fabra ROA Montsec (TFRM), was installed at the Observatori Astronòmic del Montsec (OAdM). The process of refurbishment is described in detail. Most of the steps of the refurbishment project were accomplished by purchasing commercial components, which involve little posterior engineering assembling work. The TFRM is a 0.5 m aperture f/0.96 optically modified BNC, which offers a unique combination of instrumental specifications: fully robotic and remote operation, wide field of view (4°.4 × 4°.4), moderate limiting magnitude (V ∼ 19.5 mag), ability of tracking at arbitrary right ascension (α) and declination (δ) rates, as well as opening and closing CCD shutter at will during an exposure. Nearly all kinds of image survey programs can benefit from those specifications. Apart from other less time-consuming programs, since the beginning of science TFRM operations we have been conducting two specific and distinct surveys: super-Earths transiting around M-type dwarfs stars, and geostationary debris in the context of Space Situational Awareness/Space Surveillance and Tracking (SSA/SST) programs. Preliminary results for both cases will be shown.Astronomical Society of the Pacific2013info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/207998Articles publicats en revistes (Física Quàntica i Astrofísica)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1086/670941Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2013, vol. 125, num.927, p. 522-528https://doi.org/10.1086/670941(c) Fors, O. et al., 2013info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/2079982026-05-27T06:46:51Z |
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Telescope Fabra ROA Montsec: a new robotic wide-field Baker-Nunn facility Fors Aldrich, Octavi Telescopis Montsec (Catalunya) Observatoris astronòmics Telescopes Montsec Mountains (Catalonia) Astronomical observatories |
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Fors Aldrich, Octavi Núñez de Murga, Jorge, 1955- Muiños, J.L. Montojo, F.J. Baena Gallé, Roberto Boloix, J. López-Morcillo, R. Merino, M.T. Downey, E. Mazur, M.J. |
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Fors Aldrich, Octavi Núñez de Murga, Jorge, 1955- Muiños, J.L. Montojo, F.J. Baena Gallé, Roberto Boloix, J. López-Morcillo, R. Merino, M.T. Downey, E. Mazur, M.J. |
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Núñez de Murga, Jorge, 1955- Muiños, J.L. Montojo, F.J. Baena Gallé, Roberto Boloix, J. López-Morcillo, R. Merino, M.T. Downey, E. Mazur, M.J. |
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A Baker–Nunn Camera (BNC), originally installed at the Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada (ROA) in 1958, was refurbished and robotized. The new facility, called Telescope Fabra ROA Montsec (TFRM), was installed at the Observatori Astronòmic del Montsec (OAdM). The process of refurbishment is described in detail. Most of the steps of the refurbishment project were accomplished by purchasing commercial components, which involve little posterior engineering assembling work. The TFRM is a 0.5 m aperture f/0.96 optically modified BNC, which offers a unique combination of instrumental specifications: fully robotic and remote operation, wide field of view (4°.4 × 4°.4), moderate limiting magnitude (V ∼ 19.5 mag), ability of tracking at arbitrary right ascension (α) and declination (δ) rates, as well as opening and closing CCD shutter at will during an exposure. Nearly all kinds of image survey programs can benefit from those specifications. Apart from other less time-consuming programs, since the beginning of science TFRM operations we have been conducting two specific and distinct surveys: super-Earths transiting around M-type dwarfs stars, and geostationary debris in the context of Space Situational Awareness/Space Surveillance and Tracking (SSA/SST) programs. Preliminary results for both cases will be shown. |
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