IUCAA Observatory

Hello Sir, I want to know the location of IUCAA Girawali Observatory so can you please tell me?

[pawan]

IUCAA Girawali Observatory is established on a hill near Ghodegaon and Junnar, off Pune-Nasik highway, at about 80km north of Pune city.

The telescope was manufactured by Telescope Technologies Ltd., Liverpool, UK, under a contract through the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC), UK.

It is at 19°5′ N latitude and 73°40′ E longitude at an altitude of 1000m above MSL.

This observatory is unique in setting aside a certain amount of time specifically for training as well as observational proposals arising from Indian Universities.

After a phase of performance and science verification programmes, the observatory opened for regular observations in November 2006.

The time for observations is allotted by TAC from October to May in two proposal cycles each of four months duration.

The IGO-TAC will be responsible for allocation of approximately 60% of the observing time.

Telescope & Instruments-

Telescope

The vital statistics of the telescope are provided in the following table.

Parameter Value
Primary mirror 200cm, f/3
Secondary mirror 62cm, f/10
Beam obscuration 18.50%
Cassegrain Image Scale 97μm per arcsecond
No. of Cassegrain ports 1 direct, 4 side
Uncorrected field of view (direct) 6 arcminute radius
Corrected field of view (direct) 21 arcminute radius
Side port field of view 3.6 arcminute radius

IFOSC-

Currently only 0.8″, 1.0″, 1.5″ and 2.0″ slits are available on IFOSC.

PI-CCD-

Parameter Value
Pixels 1340 x 1300, 20μm square
Image Scale 97μm per arcsecond (0.2 arcsecond per pixel)
On chip binning 2x2
Single Pixel Full Well 300ke
Dynamic range 16 bits
low noise mode high capacity mode
Readnoise 3e rms 10e rms
Output amplifier capacity 250ke 800ke
Software selectable gain 0.5, 1, 2 e per ADU 1, 2, 4 e per ADU
Filter set UBVRI

Contact-

The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Pune University Campus, Ganeshkhind
Pune, Maharashtra 411007