Location | Promiod, Aosta valley, Italy |
Latitude | 45° 47' 09" North |
Longitude | 07° 36' 11" East |
Telescope type | Meade Instruments Schmidt-Cassegrain 14" LX200 GPS on 10 Micron GM2000 HPS mount |
Focal length | 3556 mm |
Diameter | 355.6 mm |
Focal ratio | 10 |
Diffraction disk | 0.79 arcsecond at 560 nm corresponding to 0.013664 mm on the focal plane |
Comments |
During the year 2011 two major improvements occurred, the Adaptive Optics unit SBIG AO-7 in February and the 10 Micron GM2000 HPS mount with a new pier in August. The latter has required some changes to the observatory in order to accomodate the bigger set. Go here if you want see the old setup. |