Scientific achievements, Hardware and methodological developments

2015

Modernization of the BAO NAS RA 1-m Schmidt Telescope

The modernization of the 1-m Schmidt telescope of the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (NAS of Armenia) is finished. A new control system has been created, a CCD detector (4k×4k, readout noise of 11 e, pixel size of 9 μm (0.89 arcsec), field of view of about 1 sq. degree) with fluid cooling and a set of 21 midband, 5 broadband, and 3 narrowband filters has been installed in the telescope focus. First images have been received.

Authors:
S. Dodonov, V. Afanasiev, V. Amirkhanyan (SAO RAS) together with T. Movsessian, S. Balayan, V. Gabrielyan (BAO NAS RA).

The results were reported at the international conference “The Present and Future of Small and Medium-Size Telescopes” (SMT-2015), September 19-22, 2015, Nizhny Arkhyz.
1. V. Gabrielyan, T. Movsessian, Modernization of the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory 1-m Schmidt Telescope, SMT-2015 Conference Abstracts, p. 36.
2. S. Dodonov, V. Afanasiev, V. Amirkhanyan, T. Movsessian, V. Gabrielyan, Spectrophotometry of Stars and Galaxies in Midband Filters with the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory 1-m Schmidt telescope: the Instrument Possibilities and Challenges, SMT-2015 Conference Abstracts, p. 44.