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OACT (VSO notation)

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Instrument/OAC/OACT

Description

The Catania Astrophysicsl Observatory (OAC)
Telescope (OACT) used for solar observations has a
Ha Lyot-filter (bandwidth of 0.25 - 0.50 Angstrom, tunable filter
range +/- 16 Angstrom) and a 1360 x 1200 Astromed TE4 CCD array.
In patrol full-disk mode the camera can taken images every 60 s,
with a dynamical range of 16 bit. It has an H-alpha Halle filter
with a camera for limb observations. It has a 150 mm refractor
with a focal length of 230 cm. A Cook refractor is used to make
daily drawings of sunspot-groups from visual observation. See
http://web.ct.astro.it/sun/instrument.htm.

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Instrument

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Instrument/OAC/OACT
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
OACT (VSO notation)
ReleaseDate
2012-04-12 00:00:00Z
Description

The Catania Astrophysicsl Observatory (OAC)
Telescope (OACT) used for solar observations has a
Ha Lyot-filter (bandwidth of 0.25 - 0.50 Angstrom, tunable filter
range +/- 16 Angstrom) and a 1360 x 1200 Astromed TE4 CCD array.
In patrol full-disk mode the camera can taken images every 60 s,
with a dynamical range of 16 bit. It has an H-alpha Halle filter
with a camera for limb observations. It has a 150 mm refractor
with a focal length of 230 cm. A Cook refractor is used to make
daily drawings of sunspot-groups from visual observation. See
http://web.ct.astro.it/sun/instrument.htm.

Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.GeneralContactspase://SMWG/Person/Francesca.Zuccarelli
PriorIDs
spase://vspo/instrument/171
InstrumentType
Imager
InvestigationName
OACT (VSO notation) on OAC
ObservatoryID