Friends of Astronomy Club of East Macedonia
Astrospito
Astrospito (house of astronomy) is an automatic robotic observatory which in its final form will be able to be fully managed from various users through the Internet. In order to disseminate astronomical observatory will be used by groups of amateur for photography of the night sky and studies such as photometry. The observatory will be also used for events open to the public.
It was designed and built by the director of "Friends of astronomy club of East Macedonia" Agis Kothalis.
What has been achieved:
The construction
The installation of the roof of the motor
Automatic power equipment
Standard connectivity
Installation of the telescope
Installation of semi-focus
Installing the operating software
What still studying:
Install automatic enclosure
Converting focus on automatic
Combination of software operation
Remote system management via the Internet.
The construction
The installation of the roof of the motor
Automatic power equipment
Standard connectivity
Installation of the telescope
Installation of semi-focus
Installing the operating software
What still studying:
Install automatic enclosure
Converting focus on automatic
Combination of software operation
Remote system management via the Internet.
For the automations they have been used several of circuits such as the pidgets boards and a Siemens motor inverter and a program was developed in order to control the whole system.
The astronomical equipment includes:
The astronomical equipment includes:
- The main telescope is an Orion Optics uk OMC 250 λ/6.
- Skywatcher ED80
- EQ6 skyscan pre dull
- Canon 60D
- DMK 21AF04.AS
- And plenty of eyepieces, filters etc