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Public Information onThe 1.0-m Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope (JKT) |
As of 15 Jan 2014 the JKT is owned by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), and is operated by the Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy (SARA) under agreement with IAC. The JKT resumed operations as a robotic telescope in October 2015. More information can be found in an IAC press release and this paper.
The Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope has a parabolic primary mirror of
diameter 1.0 m. It is equatorially mounted, on a cross-axis mount.
Instruments can be mounted at the f/15 cassegrain focus. Total weight of
the telescope is about 40 tonnes. The role of the telescope was a facility for
CCD imaging.
More information can be found at the ING Public Information web pages. |
General InfoThe Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope:
Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope info sheet. PDF: English |
Español.
R. Laing and D.
Jones (Vistas in Astronomy, 28, 483) introduce the JKT in this
article published in 1985. PDF.
Web pages by John Mills. Local copy.
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The JKT impactScientific highlights |
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Images obtained using the JKTING Image Galleries.These web pages show images which were taken using the JKT and sorted into different collections. |
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Photos and Videos of the JKTDB Error: no database selected |