ASTROSPITO
Astrospito (house of astronomy) is an automatic robotic observatory which in its final form will be able to be fully managed from various users through the Internet. In order to disseminate astronomical observatory will be used by groups of amateur for photography of the night sky and studies such as photometry. The observatory will be also used for events open to the public.
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What has been achieved:
The construction The installation of the roof of the motor Automatic power equipment Standard connectivity Installation of the telescope Installation of semi-focus Installing the operating software |
What still studying:
Install automatic enclosure Converting focus on automatic Combination of software operation Remote system management via the Internet. |
For the automations they have been used several of circuits such as the pidgets boards and a Siemens motor inverter and a program was developed in order to control the whole system.
The astronomical equipment includes:
The astronomical equipment includes:
- Orion Optics uk OMC 250 λ/6
- Takahashi FC-60C
- Skywatcher ED80
- EQ6 skyscan mount
- Star adventurer mount
- Canon 60D
- DMK 21AF04.AS
- And plenty of eyepieces, filters etc
