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In 2021, the Institute of Astronomy (IA) purchased a system of two mirror telescopes with a total value of nearly half a million zlotys. The equipment was entirely funded by the University of Zielona Góra.
The telescope system consists of a main telescope with a 50 cm aperture and an f/6.8 focal ratio, manufactured in the “Corrected Dall-Kirkham” system by PlaneWave, and an auxiliary telescope with a 28 cm aperture and an f/2.2 focal ratio, manufactured by Celestron in the “Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph” (RASA) system. Both telescopes are mounted on a PlaneWave L-500 Direct Drive azimuthal mount. Both the telescopes and the mount are top-class devices made using the latest technology.
The telescope is located on the so-called telescope farm. Telescope farms are sites situated in areas with excellent observational conditions – primarily a high number of clear nights, negligible light pollution, and low air humidity. A telescope placed on a telescope farm is housed together with other telescopes in a specially adapted building, which usually has one or more retractable roofs.
The e-EyE telescope farm, where the IA's telescope is currently operating, is located in Spain in the Extremadura region. It is the largest telescope farm in Europe, currently hosting 75 telescopes belonging to companies and private individuals from around the world. The IA's telescope began operations there in mid-September 2021 and will remain there for at least a year. After this period, the plan is to move the telescope to the southern hemisphere, to South America.
Main tasks of the telescope: