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APM Professional Telescopes

APM Professional Telescopes

1m F/8 Ritchey Chrétien with dual Nasmyth Foci, Cape Town (South Africa)

Another large telescope for the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO). An 1m F/8 Alt-Az mounted Ritchey Chrétien for robotic use. It has dual Nasmyth Foci. The main telescopes used for research are located at the SAAO observing station (32°22.795’S 20°48,657’E) near Sutherland in the Northern Cape, a 4-hour drive from Cape Town.

Andor Cameras

Astro.Control Astronomical CCD Cameras

ASTRO.control is a dedicated platform for control of astronomical instrumentation, and in particular high-end scientific cameras. Most Andor CCD & EMCCD cameras for astronomy applications are supported out of the box, including the iXon Ultra 888 and 897 EMCCD cameras, the popular iKon-L 936 4.2 megapixel back-illuminated CCD, as well as the new and exciting iKon XL very large area back-illuminated CCD platform.

Please click here for details of supported Andor cameras:ikon xl 231

ASTRO.control systems are based on industry grade IPCs, robust enough for the environmental conditions of an observatory. The boxes run a sophisticated Real-time & Embedded Linux operating system. Supported device classes include cameras, filter wheels, focusers, telescope mounts, domes and more.

Framework software and application modules are pre-installed, providing a high-level platform on which custom specific astronomy applications can be implemented. Basic functions for camera control, image acquisition, image calibration and processing, local storage in FITS format, image transfer via Ethernet and communication via INDI protocol and the ASCOM interface are available out of the box.

Use cases for ASTRO.control in combination with Andor cameras include, among others:

Feature Comments
Remote Camera Control, networking  Cameras with USB or PCIe connections can be connected to a mini ASTRO controller which forwards camera control and image transfer to Ethernet, thus enabling cameras on the network.
Instrument control  An instrument for e.g. observation, guiding, or adaptive optics, which includes a camera plus related devices, like filter wheels or focusers, can be managed by only one control box.
Multiple camera control  Multiple cameras can be managed by one control box, including processing their parallel image streams.

 

For further information on ASTRO.control, please visit http://www.astrocontrol.de/en/homepage/

Learn more about ASTRO.control by watching this webinar presented by Dr Ines Juvan-Beaulieu and Norbert Fiebig

Software Development Services

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Custom software development services and turn-key solutions around Andor cameras enhance the value and shorten the time to get a camera integrated and operative in a given environment. We have much experience with custom solutions in scientific and industrial areas and provides such professional software services, e.g. specific camera control software, graphical user interfaces, network image transfer or integration with existing software. Operating systems Windows, Linux, MacOS and Android are supported. See http://www.astrocontrol.de/en/services for more details.

APM Professional Telescopes

1m F/8 Ritchey Chrétien with dual Nasmyth Foci, Cape Town (South Africa)

Another large telescope for the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO). An 1m F/8 Alt-Az mounted Ritchey Chrétien for robotic use. It has dual Nasmyth Foci. The main telescopes used for research are located at the SAAO observing station (32°22.795’S 20°48,657’E) near Sutherland in the Northern Cape, a 4-hour drive from Cape Town.

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