Thai Southern Hemisphere Telescope
The Thai Southern Hemisphere Telescope, is a 0.6-m Corrected Dall-Kirkham telescope CDK24 with CCD camera, constructed in collaboration with the University of North Carolina as part of the joint PROMPT collaboration . The Thai Southern Hemisphere Telescope is part of Thai Robotic Telescope Network (TRTN) of The National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT).
Thai Southern Hemisphere Telescope
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Name(s)
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Thai Southern Hemisphere Telescope
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Status
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Operational
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Broad Science Goals
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- Rapid and simultaneous multiwavelength observations of gamma-ray burst afterglows
- The telescopes will be available to member institutions for other research
- The telescopes will also be available for education; yet another benefit of the network's widespread geographical reach is that teachers in Thailand can observe with their students in the daytime.
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Site
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Cerro Tololo, Chile
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Location Coordinates
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30º 10’ 04.33’S
70º 48’ 19.36’W
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Altitude
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2207 meters (7240 feet)
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Enclosure
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Clamshell dome
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Type
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Optical
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Optical Design
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Corrected Dall-Kirkham, CDK24 made by Plane wave
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Field of View
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58 arcmins
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Diameter: Primary M1
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0.6 meters
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Material: Primary M1
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Mount
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Equatorial, Astro-Physics, 3600GTO
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First Light Date
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2013
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Adaptive Optics
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None
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Images taken with the Thai Southern Hemisphere Telescope
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Images of the Thai Southern Hemisphere Telescope
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Videos of the Thai Southern Hemisphere Telescope
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Press Releases with the Thai Southern Hemisphere Telescope
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