UNIVERSITY OF DENVER (DU)
STUDENT ASTRONOMY LAB (SAL)

Requirements and Goals Provide Research Grade Astronomical Telescope Installation in DU Physics Bldg for Student Use and Instrumentation Checkout Place Telescope & Mounting at Physics Bldg Roof and Telescope Instrumentation on 4th Floor in Room Temperature Environment. Provide Mount Structural Load Path to 4th Floor. Provide Telescope Environmental Enclosure and Mechanism. Optimize Optical Design to Allow for Visible and Mid IR Operation

Baseline Design - Overall

Aperture:	30 inches (762 mm)
Mounting Type:	Equatorial Coude
Drive Type:	Precision Worm
Drive Control System:	DC Motive Power
	Worm Reduction Intermediate Drives
	Encoders 1:1 with Axes (4,000 steps/rev)
Man/Machine Interfaces:	Sky Wizard Readout
	CTI for PC
	Analog Engraved Setting Circles
Focal Plane Derotation:	Rotary Table (sidereal rate)

 

Optical Specifications

Telescope Type:	Afocal Cassegrain
Primary Conic:	Parabolic
Secondary Conic:	Parabolic
Focusing Telescope:	Doublet Achromat
Primary F/#:	3.0
Secondary F/#:	3.0
System F/#:	10.0
Secondary Dia.:	5.63 inch (143 mm)
Condensing System:	Classical Cassegrain
System Efl:	8128 mm

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