Telescopes, acquisition and guiding

• The 4.2-m William Herschel Telescope (WHT)
  • General description
  • Summary of mechanical performance
  • Optics
    • Prime Focus Corrector
  • Telescope control
  • Planning observations
    • Positions, finding charts and offsets
    • Catalogues
    • System catalogues
    • Altazimuth problems
  • Acquisition and guiding
    • Overview
    • Cassegrain acquisition & guider Unit
    • Nasmyth acquisition and guider unit (UES side)
    • The Prime Focus A&G Unit
• The 2.5-m Isaac Newton Telescope (INT)
  • General description
  • Summary of mechanical performance
  • Optics
  • Telescope control
  • Planning observations
    • Positions, finding charts and offsets
    • Catalogues
    • System Catalogues
  • Acquisition and guiding
    • Overview
    • Finder telescope
    • Cassegrain acquisition and guider Unit
    • Prime focus acquisition and guider unit
• The 1.0-m Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope (JKT)
  • General description
  • Summary of mechanical performance
  • Optics
  • Telescope control
  • Planning observations
  • Acquisition and guiding
    • Overview
    • Finder telescope
    • Acquisition and guider unit for the f/15 Cassegrain focus (CCD)
    • Acquisition unit for the f/15 Cassegrain focus (non CCD)
    • Acquisition and guider unit for the f/8.06 focus
• The Guide Star Server System at the ING Telescopes
• Carlsberg Automatic Meridian Circle