Space

Since 2005, we are hosting several robotic telescopes.

The first one was a telescope for Campo Catino Observatory from Italy, first a 50cm F/3 telescope with an AP8p camera on a Paramount ME, now a 40cm F/8 RC telescope with an ST8 camera. It works mainly for the microfun program, then also on comets.

In 2007, came two telescopes for a canadian group. The first one is a 50cm Planewave instruments telescope on a Paramount, with an Apogee ALTA U42 2kX2k thinned back illuminated chip. The second is a 20inch Ritchey Chrétien F/6.7 telescope with another Apogee U42 camera. Both are used for exoplanet work. Microfun, but also transit observations.

Since 2009, we also host a C14 on Paramount, used with a Hyperstar corrector and a QHY8 camera, for general astrophotography. These 3 telescopes are under clamshell domes.

Then a 30cm RC F/8, also on a Paramount equipped with qhy8 camera under a motorized Skyshed used for general astrophotography

We have a ASA 40cm Newtonian on a Astrophysics 1200 mount and a STL11000 CCD camera used for bright TNO hunting in the southern part of the sky.

In the coming year we will be installing several other telescopes :

A FSQ106 on a ASA DD65

A 38cm Newtonian, on Paramount

A 36 Dall Kirkham on ASA mount

A 55cm F/3 telescope

We also have our own telescopes which can be rented either here or in robotic mode.

We provide support for these telescopes, general maintenance, improvements. We have provided support for the installation of the telescopes too. The persons who have telescopes here have become friends and we interact with them on a daily basis to make sure their observing project is successful. This development is the result of substantial investment in land property, electric instalation, broadband internet, etc... We are a team of 3 qualified people working on this aspect of SPACE. You will not find anywhere in South America such a quality service.

We will soon be able to provide clamshell domes to our users.

After this first series of installation we will stop for a while, due to limitation on the 4 Mb internet. Contact us anyway if you would like to install a telescope here in the future. Talk to us also about your technical choices, we know what works and what does not.

If you too would like to place your instrument under a real sky, read the following document.