OpenScience Observatories
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Autonomous robotic facilities PIRATE and COAST, owned and operated by The Open University. Located at Observatorio del Teide, Tenerife. Website https://telescope.org/
The COAST camera is currently slightly rotated with respect to North, by about 5 degrees, as shown by the screenshot from astrometry.net. Will be corrected in due course, but science and deep-sky photos shouldn't be affected.
December 16, 2024 at 6:21 PM
The COAST camera is currently slightly rotated with respect to North, by about 5 degrees, as shown by the screenshot from astrometry.net. Will be corrected in due course, but science and deep-sky photos shouldn't be affected.
A few days ago a new filter wheel was installed on COAST. The weather wasn't kind so a full commissioning is pending, but COAST is operational again and returns images in acceptable focus.
December 16, 2024 at 6:16 PM
A few days ago a new filter wheel was installed on COAST. The weather wasn't kind so a full commissioning is pending, but COAST is operational again and returns images in acceptable focus.
Have you been waiting for your images for some time? Unfortunately the COAST filter wheel is currently unreliable, and so throughput is slow. To mitigate we are redirecting some image requests to PIRATE instead.
October 25, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Have you been waiting for your images for some time? Unfortunately the COAST filter wheel is currently unreliable, and so throughput is slow. To mitigate we are redirecting some image requests to PIRATE instead.
A pleasant sunny evening at Teide Observatory - hoping for a clear night.
August 29, 2024 at 5:18 PM
A pleasant sunny evening at Teide Observatory - hoping for a clear night.