Lightweight and compact, ideal for astronomical widefield imaging
Fast, high resolution wide field pictures of the night sky
This fact made the hyperbolic ASA telescope of choice for the professional project Super Wasp II, a program searching for EXO-planets, which is supported by eight universities, including the Universities of Geneva, Leicester, Queens Belfast, Warwick and the German Space Agency DLR at Berlin.
Technical Details
Main Data | |
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Focal length | 960 mm |
Focal ratio | f2.4 |
Corrected field of View | 70 mm diagonal |
Main Mirror | 400 mm hyperbolic |
Mirror material | Fused Silica (quartz), ultra low thermal expansion 0.55e-6/°C |
Weight | 72 kg |
Software | ASA Software, Windows package and Linux SDK (optional) |
System Performance with ASA Direct Drive Mount DDM85 | |
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Pointing accuracy | < 12” RMS with pointing model (for altitude 20° to 85°) |
Tracking accuracy | < 0,35” RMS within 5 minutes (at optimal ambient and sky conditions) over 5 min 0,07” RMS/min |
Slewing speed | 6°/sec (up to 10°/sec optional) |
High-performance
- Corrected field of view of 70 mm
- Short exposure times and excellent signal-to-noise ratio
- Hyperbolic primary mirror and integrated corrector provide superb field correction
- Lightweight and compact
- 960 mmFocal length 2.4F ratio
Basic Equipment
- Carbon tube with mirrors
- AAF 5 focuser
- Mounting plate for ASA mounts
- 4 lens corrector
- Laser Collimation kit
- Dust protection
- Robotic tube cover
- Transport case
10x more precise
with ASA Direct Drive Mount
400% more favorable
ASA Modular System
Optional Equipment
- ASA camera adaptor
- ASA off axis guider
- ASA flightcase
- ASA tube rings
- ASA Direct Drive mounts