Instruments

The Remeis Observatory hosts two stationary reflecting telescopes in its domes, the 50cm EHTand the 40cm CHT  as well as a solar H alpha telescope with a DMK Video camera (see the corresponding pages for details). For both telescopes additional instruments like cameras and spectrographs are available:

• BIG STX 16803 CCD camera (only @ EHT)
• SBIG STL 11000M
• SBIG St-i Guider
• Planetary camera
• Canon EOS 1000dA
• BACHES spectrograph
• several eyepieces

At the moment, both telescopes are mainly used for educational purposes, i.e., during the lab course. An exception is the MAPLE project, a small scientific observing campaign conducted with the EHT.

We also operate a small weather station for the local sky conditions together with an all sky camera here!