Rezman I

Mechanics: 200:1 on R.A. and 200:1 worm / worm wheels with 5 phase stepper motors operating in micro stepping mode. Precision optical encoders are installed on both axis.  Motorized stepper based focuser is used for focusing  - also autofocus capable. 

Optics: Custom made 36 cm f/3.6 primary parabolic mirror with corrector giving f/4.1.

Meade 10cm achromatic refractor for planetary visual observations.

Detectors:

SBIG ST-8XME CCD camera with CFW-8A filter wheel, Canon EOS 350D controlled from the computer inside observatory. SBIG CFW-10 with LRGB (Astronomik) and UVBRI filter set fro Schuler.

Instrument mission: Comet studies - photometry, RGB imaging, supernova search.

Rezman II

Mechanics: 200:1 on R.A. and 200:1 worm / worm wheels with 5 phase stepper motors operating in micro stepping mode. Precision optical encoders are installed on both axis. Pointing 2 arc minute RMS is achieved and also guiding up to 600 seconds, limited by the quality of polar alignment. Motorized stepper based focuser is used for focusing together with Smartfocus (JMI) for automatic focusing using FocusMax.

 

Optics: Custom made 40 cm f/3.1 mirror with Televue coma corrector giving f/3.5.

Software: Comsoft's PC-TCS is used to control the motors, drivers and encoders. ACP v4 is connected to PC-TCS computer so that automated scripts can be run to control the telescope. Focus is maintained automatically during observations.

CCD camera: Finger Lakes Instrumentation MaxCam CM10-1ME with Grade 1 sensor, 2184 x 1472 array with 6.8 micron pixel. FOV: 35x24 arcminutes, pixel scale: 1.93 arcseconds/pixel.

Instrument mission: Asteroid follow up, supernova search.

Rezman III

Mount mechanics: 520:1 on R.A. and 360:1 worm / worm wheels (module 1) with 5 phase stepper motors operating in micro stepping mode. To achieve better pointing and guiding, precision optical encoders are used for R.A. on the axle, for DEC on the worm axle. The design is very similar to Rezman I and Rezman II except for lower pointing speed (to 1 degree per second). Motorized stepper based focuser (3") is used for focusing together with Smartfocus (JMI) for automatic focusing using FocusMax.

Software: Comsoft's PC-TCS is used to control the motors, drivers and encoders.

 

CCD camera: Starlight-Xpress SXVR-H35 with filter wheel

Optics: 56 cm f/3.5 mirror with Astrooptik wynne corrector.

Instrument mission: Asteroid follow up, comet observations, supernovae search

Rezman IV

Optics: 25cm f/10 SCT (LX-200), Pentax 75 SDHF Apochromatic refractor, Coronado SolarMax 60/BF30/TMax - filter for solar observing Baader AstroSolar filter ND3.8 with solar continuum and other filters

Mount mechanics: Meade LX-200, automated simmilar as other telescopes

CCD camera: Starlight Xpress MX-916, ImagingSource 31AF03 webcam.

Instrument mission: Sun and planets observations, visual observations

 

Maintained by

Rok Palčič


Last updated:

April 21, 2012

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