Bradford Robotic Telescope

The Bradford Robotic Telescope is a fully automated telescope on Tenerife near the Pico del Teide. It works automatically orders that were previously entered by the browser. This service can be used by anyone.

Optics

Galaxy

Galaxy is the main telescope with a large aperture and focal length. It has the following specifications:

• Field of view: 24 arcminutes
• Lens: Schmidt-Cassegrain Celestron C14
• Focal length: 3910 mm / 1877 mm
• Opening: 355 mm

For a better aperture ratio a Brennweitenreduzierer was installed, which shortens the focal length of 1877 mm, which is a focal ratio of f / 5.3 results.

Cluster

Cluster is a camera that can be photographed from the size of the moon to the sky areas. Particularly suitable for large galaxies and Ring Nebula. It has the following specifications:

• Field of view: 3 °
• Lens: Nikon
• Focal length: 200 mm
• Camera: FLI CM2 -1 MaxCam E2V CCD47 - with a 10th CCD chip with 1k × 1k pixels and 13 microns / pixel

Constellation

Constellation is a camera that is designed with a simple enlargement of the sky. It also makes it possible to photograph all the constellations or large regions of the sky. It has the following specifications:

• Field of view: 40 °
• Lens: Nikon
• Focal length: 45 mm
• Opening: 16 mm
• Camera: FLI CM2 -1 MaxCam E2V CCD47 - with a 10th CCD chip with 1k × 1k pixels and 13 microns / pixel