Chilescope use large ASA telecopes
Three ASA Telescopes are placed on Chilescope in Chile.
Astronomy on demand at Chilescope with ASA Telescopes
The first-priority goal is to provide members of astronomic community with access to the top-quality equipment under dark sky with sub second seeing in the Southern Hemisphere. Chilescope’s motto is Astronomy on demand.
Three ASA Telescopes are placed on Chilescope in Chile.
Impressions of Chilescope
Imagecredit: Chilescope, Yuriy Beletskiy, Samuel Ropert Rossel
Products in use
ASA H400 f2.4
Lightweight and compact with 0.4m aperture
- Optical design: Hyperbolic
- Linear central obstruction: 45%
- Focal length: 960mm
- Focal ratio system: f2.4
- Clear Aperture / Focal Ratio Primary Mirror: 400mm (15.7 inch) / f3
- Image field: 70mm (4.2 degrees)
- Mirror material: Fused silica
- Surface quality: >94 strehl
- Microroughness: 1nm RMS / <0.7nm Ra
- Coating: Al+SiO2 >96 %
- Back Focus from flange: 91.56mm
- Weight tube: 57kg / 126lbs