The 40cm Telescope on Mount Wendelstein:

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The 40cm telescope with its German equatorial mount in the 3m dome of Wendelstein Observatory.


Usage:

The new 40cm telescope is used primarily for educational purposes, but is also planned to be used for science. Alternatively, it can 'help' the larger telescope during observations (e.g. for photometric tests).

Technical details:


Cassegrain telescope:
- diameter M1: 400 mm
- diameter M2: 110 mm
- focal length: 3200 mm
- relative aperture: f/8
- German equatorial mount


CCD:
 - SBIG ST10XME
- chip size: 2185 x 1472 Pixel
- pixel size: 6.8 x 6.8 Mikrometer
- pixel scale at f/8: 0.43 '' /pixel, resulting field of view approx. 15' x 10'
- RGB filter set and UBVRI filter set

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The 40cm telescope with ist additional devices (camera power supply, focus control, network switch, I/O controller for forwarding guider signals). These are mounted on two holders on the left and right of the tube.

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Camera St10 by SBIG mounted on the eyepiece holder.

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