Telescopes
The OAJ telescopes are particularly defined for carrying out large sky surveys.The table below illustrates the main technical specifications of the two telescopes at the OAJ.
JST250 | JAST80 | |
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Optical configuration | Ritchey Chrétien like, equipped with a field corrector and derotator | Ritchey Chrétien |
M1 diameter | 2.55 m | 83 cm |
FOV diameter | 3 deg (476 mm physical size) | 2 deg (130 mm physical size) |
Effective collecting area | 3.89 m2 | 0.44 m2 |
Etendue | 26.5 m2deg2 | 1.5 m2deg2 |
Focal length | 9098 mm | 3712 mm |
Plate scale | 22.67 arcsec/mm | 55.56 arcsec/mm |
Mount | Altazimuthal | German equatorial |
Focus | Cassegrain | Cassegrain |
JST250 (Javalambre Survey Telescope) is a 2.55 m, F#3.5 alt-azimuthal telescope with a Ritchey-Chrétien-like configuration with a large field of view of 3 deg diameter, particularly defined for carrying out large sky photometric surveys like J-PAS.
The Javalambre Auxiliary Survey Telescope (JAST80) is an 80cm Ritchey Chrétien telescope with a large field of view of 2 deg diameter, particularly defined for carrying out large sky photometric surveys like J-PLUS.