The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회보)
- Volume 46 Issue 1
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- Pages.49.3-49.3
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- 2021
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- 1226-2692(pISSN)
Performance evaluation of the 76 cm telescope at Kyung Hee Astronomical Observatory (KHAO)
- Ji, Tae-Geun (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Han, Jimin (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Ahn, Hojae (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Lee, Sumin (Department of Astronomy & Space Science, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Kim, Dohoon (Department of Astronomy & Space Science, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Kim, Kyung Tae (Department of Astronomy & Space Science, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Im, Myungshin (Astronomy Program, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
- Pak, Soojong (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University)
- Published : 2021.04.13
Abstract
The 76 cm telescope in Kyung Hee Astronomical Observatory is participating in the small telescope network of the SomangNet project, which started in 2020. Since the installation of the telescope in 1992, the system configuration has been changed several times. The optical system of this telescope has a Ritchey-Chrétien configuration with 76 cm in diameter and the focal ratio is f/7. The mount is a single fork equatorial type and its control system is operated by TheSkyX software. We use a science camera with a 4k × 4k CCD and standard Johnson-Cousins UBVRI filters, which cover a field of view of 23.7 × 23.7 arcmin. We are also developing the Kyung Hee Automatic Observing Software for the 76 cm telescope (KAOS76) for efficient operations. In this work, we present the standard star calibration results, the current status of the system, and the expected science capabilities.
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