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10th June 2016, 11:30 AM
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IUCAA Observatory
Hello Sir, I want to know the location of IUCAA Girawali Observatory so can you please tell me?
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10th June 2016, 11:42 AM
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Re: IUCAA Observatory
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 |