IAC80 Telescope

The telescope

Latitude: 28º 17' 58.8" N Longitude: 16º 30' 39.7" W Altitude: 2381.25m

The IAC80 telescope, setted for observations in the optical, was fully designed and built by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and it was the first of its class developed in Spain. In 1980 the IAC started its development and was finally installed at the OT in 1991. This telescope has an equatorial german mount, with an effective focal ratio of f/11.3, effective focal length of 9.02 m and a primary mirror of diameter 82 cm. The instrumentation is installed at its Cassegrain primary focus.

The IAC80 telescope is an ideal telescope for long-term programmes, collaborations with other telescopes, urgent observations in service or ToO observation modes, student practices and observational or instrumental test-bed. IAC80 is a key part of the Teide Observatory because of its versatility and availibity.

 

Technical Data

The current common instrument at the IAC80 telescope is CAMELOT2 (‘CAmara MEjorada LIgera del Observatorio del Teide’). CAMELOT2 is a wide field camera, with 4096×4096 pixels of 15×15 microns/pixel and 0.336 arcsec/pixel, with a 12.3 arcmin FOV due to the filter wheel vignneting (see CAMELOT2 page for more information). This detector has four readout channels and is sensitive in all the optical range. CAMELOT2 uses a close-cycle cooling system to reach -105ºC.


Four parking positions limits

North +84º 00′ Dec Z = 56
South -40º 00′ Dec Z = 68.5
East -5h 11m HA Z = 68
West +5h 13m HA Z = 68
Primary mirror Secondary mirror
Dimensions Dxh = 819.88 x 139.29 mm Dimensions Dxh = 222.64 x 38.98 mm
Weight P = 162.38 kg Weight P = 4.05 kg
Curvature Radius R = 4 782.28 mm Optical radius R = 1 705.71 mm
Outer diameter De = 819.88 mm Outer diameter De = 222.73 mm
Effective diameter Dp = 800 mm Effective diameter Ds = 220.50 mm
Geometric focal (R/2) fp = 2 391.14 mm Central thickness Ec = 38.989 mm
Relative aperture (fp/Dp) f/D = 2.988 Outer thickness Ee = 35 mm
Conic constante Cp = -1.00 (parábola) Focal length L = 856.854 mm
Material CER-VIT glass ceramic Geometric focal fs = 852.85 mm
Expansion coefficient Co < 1.5 x 10-7/ºC Aperture A = 209.8 mm
Birefringence due to stress Less than 10 mm/cm Conic constant Cs = -2.963 mm
Inlays and bubbles Less than 0.05% of the mirror surface Material CER-VIT glass ceramic
    Expansion coefficient Co < 1.5 x 10-7/ºC
    Birrefringence due to stress Less than 10mm/cm
    Inlays and bubles Less than 0.05% of the mirror surface
    Surface Convex hyperboloid

Instrumentation

  • CAMELOT2. Wide field camera (21.98 arcmin x 22.06 arcmin) for direct image. Filter wheel with 12 positions. Possibility of advanced macros for quasi-robotic observations. Contact Olga Zamora (ozamora at iac.es) for further information.
  • CARONTE. High resolution cooled scientific CMOS Camera with 102 Megapixel (16 arcmin x 12 arcmin) for direct and lucking imaging image. Filter wheel with 12 positions. Possibility of advanced macros for quasi-robotic observations. Contact David Nespral (dnespral at iac.es) for further information.
  • CAMELOT [Spare Instrument].