The best proof of quality
and reliability is satisfied customers. And that is why we are quite proud
that more and more astrophotographers, research centres, institutes, universities
and public observatories worldwide use optics and telescopes from Alluna
Optics.
Here is a small selection
of recent telescope projects.
Two RC20 telescopes.
These two RC20 telescopes on GM4000HPS mounts belong to Yunnan University / China and are used for research purposes and student training.
Private observatory with an RC16 telescope.
An Alluna RC16 was installed in this private observatory near Zürich/Switzerland. The telescope is mainly used for astrophotography.
New RC16 telescope for private observatory in the
Czech Republic
An Alluna RC16 telescope on a 10micron GM3000 mount went into operation. The observatory is located around 50 km north of Prague and is privately operated.
New observatory with an Alluna RC18 telescope and a GM3000 mount
in Pingtung / Taiwan.
Alluna RC18 on GM3000 HPS mount.
This observatory is the largest in Pingtung County in southern Taiwan. It will be the astronomy center around Pingtung Province. In addition to school education, the public will also have free access every Wednesday and Friday.
Fantastic new Observatory of the University Don Bosco in Soyapano / El Salvador.
An example of a successful project in El Salvador and throughout Central America, the new Observatory of the University Don Bosco in Soyapano. The ambitious project was sponsored by the Karl-Heinz Wolfgang Foundation from Neuss / Germany.
The dome, on the newly built building, has a diameter of 5.5 meters and sits on a 15 meter high tower. The telescope, a state-of-the-art RC20 Ritchey-Crétien optical system from Alluna Optics on a 10 micron GM4000HPS. Mount also supplied by Alluna Optics. The CCD camera is a SBIG STX-16803 with a chip size of 36.8 x 36.8mm.
The object support in advance and the installation of dome, telescope and computer system took over the company Dome Parts GmbH from Wehringen / Germany. Link by El Salvador.com
Private Observatory near Antigua on Fuerteventura. Alluna RC20 with 10micron GM4000HPS mount.
Installation and commissioning of the new Alluna Optics 500mm Ritchey Chrétien telescope on a 10 micron GM4000HPS mount near Antigua / Fuerteventura. The entire system is routinely operated from Germany. The installation was carried out in a 4 meter dome of DOME PARTS GmbH.
DOME PARTS GmbH is a German astrology engineering company specializing in the design, development and construction of high quality astronomical observatories, preferably Alluna telescopes.
New Ritchey-Chrétien Telescope for Private Observatory in Queensland Australia
Our customer, in Queensland near Kalbar, about an hour's drive southwest of Brisbane, has installed his new Alluna RC16 telescope in his 3.5-meter Sirius. Together with our general representative for Australia, Peter Ward (ATS - Advanced Telescope Supplies), the telescope was put into operation without any problems.
Test of mount and optics of the new 32" telescope for the IAS (International Amateur Observatory)
Prior to delivery to Namibia, the new 32 inches telescope of the IAS was extensively tested in Germany.
All tests were successful. Thus, the telescope can be delivered to Namibia and installed on the observatory grounds of the IAS.
The altazimuth telescope, with direct drive and encoder, was designed and built by Gerhard Balda TB Balda e.U from Graz / Austria, the 810 mm f 3.8 optics was manufactured by Alluna Optics.
An Alluna Optics RC telescope with a primary mirror diameter of 515 mm was newly installed.
The mount is from Astro-Physics from the USA. The 20-inch telescope is used by Pakistan for the education and training of astronomy students.
Special mirrors, with gold coating, for a university project in the USA
Alluna Optics is one of the few telescope manufacturers to manufacture the optics themselves. Therefore we can guarantee high quality and are open to customer projects.
Alluna Ritchey-Chrétien 18 inch telescope at the Weikersheim observatory / Germany
The observatory operated by the Astronomische Vereinigung Weikersheim e. V., is located about two kilometers outside of Weikersheim on the "Karlsberg". Every first Saturday of the month, the Weikersheim Observatory can be visited without prior notice and in clear weather.
Individual group tours at the observatory are also possible, as well as regular lectures on astronomical topics and a planetary path. Homepage Observatory Weikersheim
New Alluna RC18 Ritchey-Chrétien-Telescope / Taiwan
New Alluna RC18 Telescope on Cian Jhen Senior High School in Kaohsiung City / Taiwan.
RC18 Chiefland Astronomy Village / Florida / USA
This18 inch telescope went to Barry Riu, an outstanding astrophotographer with many years of experience. The new RC18 replaced the previous 14 inch RC telescope from RCOS. The telescope is located on the Chiefland Astronomy Village in Florida. Below, one of the first pictures with the telescope. Homepage
Ritchey-Chrétien telescope at one of the highest telescope locations worldwide
A challenging task, the installation of this Alluna-Optics RC20 telescope on one of the highest areas on earth. The observatory is located at an altitude of 5100 meters. The district in western Tibet is sparsely populated and it often makes nice and dry weather. However, the temperatures can drop to below minus 30 °C.
Alluna RC 16 telescope / Japan
The delivery of this RC16 telescopes with Zerodur optics performed early 2016. The telescope is used on a Mathis Instruments MI-500 fork mount. The width of the mounting plates have been adjusted accordingly existing Mathis Mount. Additional mounting plates allow the use of guide tube and weights. The installation was carried out by our representative in Japan.
RC 20 telescope for new observatory of Sacred Heart College Perth / Australia
Alluna Optics delivers RC20 Telescope for a new observatory on the grounds of Sacred Heart College in Perth Australia.
The new observatory in the school is currently under construction, with completion beginning of 2016. The telescope will be installed in a 5 metre diameter Sirius Observatory dom.
In year 2015 a total of three RC20 and one RC16 telescope have been delivered to Australia. Two of them in the vicinity of Sydney / New South Wales and two near to Perth / Western Australia.
Currently is another Ritchey-Chrétien telescope for Australia with us in manufacturing. This telescope goes to a private customer near Perth. Delivered is in the second quarter 2016.
Because of the low population density and the favorable climate are large parts of Australia's best suited as a location astronomical telescopes.
RC18 telescope
for the Andres Bello University in Santiago de Chile
The Ritchey-Chrétien
Alluna 18 inch telescope on the campus of Andres Bello University will
be available for the education of students and to support a number of scientific
and technological developments in the field of astronomical research projects.
RC20 telescope
for Pakistan Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission
The Alluna
RC20 telescope is used in the National Observatory near Karachi. Established
for photometric and spectroscopic observations of stars and galaxies. The
observatory also serves as an observation and training centre for students
as well as the national education and awareness program to promote the
astronomy and space travel.
18 inches Newtonian Astrograph on 10micron GM3000HPS Mount / Germany
This Newtonian Astrograph with a primary mirror diameter of 460 mm and an aperture ratio of f / 3.6 is located in Neumarkt / Bavaria. The telescope is installed on a GM3000 HPS (High Precision and Speed) mount. The observatory is privately owned, far from disturbing sources Licher, on a hill. Optimal conditions for astrophotography.
RC20 telescope
for Global Jet-Watch of Oxford University/Great Britain
Global Jet-Watch
is an exciting new project from Oxford University with schools around the
world. The goal of Global Jet-Watch is the worldwide first continuous round-the-clock
monitoring of black holes in our galaxy. The new Alluna RC20 telescope
is located in Western Australia near Perth. It joins a number of existing
20 inch RC telescopes with locations in India, South Africa, Chile and
eastern Australia.
New 20"
RC telescope for Association of the Observatory Roßberg e.V / Germany
In
the new observatory building of the Sternfreunde Cham/Bavaria an Alluna
RC20 was installed on a GM 4000 mount in November 2014. The technical equipment
and installation of the mounting and telescope were provided by Astroshop
in Landsberg am Lech.
RC20 telescope
for Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Centre/Japan
Alluna Optics
provides an RC20 telescope for the Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Centre
in Japan. To accommodate a larger instrument load of up to 50kg the back
of the telescope has been adjusted accordingly. In addition, the telescope
received a Zerodur optics with extended back focus at the client’s request.
Hinotori is
one of the projects of Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Centre, Hiroshima
University. A new robotic three colour simultaneously imaging camera is
used here. The main purpose of this imaging is to show activity of transient
objects. Together with other institutions, such as the 1.5-meter Kanata
telescope a global network was created for the continuous monitoring of
transient objects. Commissioning for testing 2014 on the1.5 meter Kanata
telescope. In 2015, then the installation will be placed at its final location
in Tibet.
An additional
RC18 Telescopic in fork design for customers in Beijing/China
After two Alluna
RC18 telescopes have already been successfully commissioned in 2012 near
Beijing for operation, now a repeat order for another identical 18-inch
Ritchey-Chrétien telescope has been placed. In the greater Beijing
area now there are a total of four Alluna Ritchey-Chrétien telescopes
for scientific operations.
RC20 telescope
for University of Birmingham/UK
Alluna Optics
provides an RC20 telescope for the School of Physics & Astronomy, University
of Birmingham. The main application is the education of students, astrophotography
and the use of a large spectrograph.
2013, Alluna
Optics liefert RC16 Teleskop an die Chinese Academy Of Sciences / Peking.
Das Teleskop
diehnt zur Ausbildung von Stundenten und wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten.
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Webseite der Chinese Academy of Scince RC16 on
Paramount ME Astronomical Association Ursa/Finland
Ursa
Astronomical Association is the oldest and largest club for amateur astronomy
in Finland. Ursa currently has 17.475 members. The Ursa goal is to promote
astronomical education in Finland and interest in astronomy. The Ursa Astronomical
Association wants to provide the best conditions for amateur astronomy;
the Alluna Ritchey-Chrétien telescope on a Paramount ME is used
mainly for photography.
Two identical
RC18 telescopes for an observatory near Hong Kong/China
Alluna Optics
provides two identical RC 18 telescopes for observatories near Hong Kong.
Unfortunately, we have no evidence of the use of the telescopes.
. 20 inch
Alluna Ritchey-Chrétien commissioned in Namibia International
Amateur Observatory e.V.
The 20-inch
Alluna RC telescope was installed in the dome on the existing Zeiss mount
by members of IAS. "The initial results using the RC20 are excellent. We
thus have another tool which lacks nothing compared to our other 20 inchers
and is even superior in some ways," says Werner Roßnagel (IAS). More
information and astroimages on the website of the IAS
Update 11/2015
In September 2015, the RC20 of the Zeiss-mount is moved to a modern Mount of GM4000HPS. The column was replaced with a more stable version. Without Guiding exposure times of 10 minutes have already, with the GM4000 mount at 3,000 mm focal length possible.
more on Webside Alluna
RC20 for Ataturk University Erzurum/Turkey
"ATA50"
is the new telescope of the University of Erzurum and serves scientific
research and training in the field of astronomy and astrophysics. The observatory
is located at a high altitude and due to the small number of cloudy days,
the 20-inch Ritchey-Chrétien telescope can be used efficiently all
year round. The inauguration took place in September 2012.
Alluna
Ritchey-Chrétien telescopes again witnesses in 2012 an increase
in the amateur area
Also in 2012
more Alluna Ritchey-Chrétien telescopes of sizes 16, 18 and 20 inches
were delivered to private amateur astronomers. For the most part, the telescopes
are used for astrophotography graphical applications with large CCD cameras
and our 4" field corrector and/or .74x reducer. The customers came from
different countries such as Austria, France, Belgium, Spain and Germany
as well as from Asia.
The new telescopes
in the amateur and semi-amateur scene are attracting ever greater interest
and we take particular pride in this.
Alluna
RC16 for Kinmen Educational Remote Observatory, Taiwan In 2012 on
the island of Kinmen belonging to Taiwan in the South China Sea an Alluna
RC16 telescope was installed on a Paramount ME. The telescope is used in
addition to making astrophotographic recordings, to train students in the
field of astronomy. Homepage
Alluna
Optics RC16 Ritchey-Chrétien telescope for a new construction in
Astana/Kazakhstan
In
co-operation as a complete solution for the new Zeiss Planetarium with
170 seats and a dome with a diameter of 16 meters an Alluna RC16 telescope
was installed on the roof of the building for the public and for live video
transmission.
Alluna
N16 Astrograph for remote detection method/German Aerospace Centre and
DLR space travel
Alluna Optics
delivers, in addition to several 16 inch parabolic mirrors, a 16 inch F3.0
astrograph with some technical and visual changes for laser-based stand-off
detection.
26 inch
(660 mm) Cassegrain Zerodur optics for vacuum telescope
Alluna Optics
manufactures a 660 mm Cassegrain Zerodur system for a vacuum telescope.
The telescope which is still under construction is a special design and
will be installed near Starnberg in Bavaria.
New 20"
optics for astronomical camera at the IAS observatory on Hakos/Namibia
The
association "International Amateur Observatory" (IAS) provides amateur
astronomers with the opportunity to observe through large telescopes under
optimal skies by themselves and to carry out scientific work. The primary
objective of the IAS is to give amateur astronomers and scientists access
to powerful telescopes under the best astronomical conditions. The southern
sky, which is not visible from Central Europe, is the focal point of interest.
The members have access to telescopes on the grounds of the guest farm
Hakos and directly on the Gambsberg in Namibia.
After
a 15-month planning, construction and commissioning phase, it is now finally
ready. The new 700 mm Newtonian telescope. After the 600mm telescope met
with some observations on its technical and aesthetic limitations, the
decision was made about 1.5 years ago, to design and build a new, larger
instrument.
Here the currently possible maximum
optical aperture and technical feasibility should be the measure for the
design of the new telescope. The mechanical assembly and adjustment is
now complete and the device is ready for further research work. With this
instrument it is possible to now to observe objects that are 36% fainter
than was possible with the 600mm telescope. ...
For
decades, we observed through four or five in the Basle mountains of Jura
or in the Swiss Alps, where there are really dark areas.
Naturally, the apertures of our
portable telescopes have become increasingly larger over time ... 25 years
ago we started with the construction of 6- and 8-inch models; following
that we contented ourselves with 10- to 12-inch models (all self constructions:
Newton; Zerodur; Optics on portable, tracked frame assemblies). Ten years
ago, we bought an 18" Dobsonian, and now we have bought a 30-inch model.
As trivial as it sounds: one sees with a larger aperture ...
A 410mm
Newtonian reflector for the Amateur sun observatory in Langendorf
As
a long-standing active photographic amateur astronomer, we know that ultimately
the aperture and the quality of the optics as well as the atmospheric seeing
determine the quality of high-resolution images. After three decades of
experience with refractors the feasibility limits were attained in relation
to the lens aperture (d = 225mm), More resolution could only be realized
with acceptable cost only using mirror optics.
Alluna
Optics provides a 28 inch (710 mm) mirror for the IAS Observatory on the
Gamsberg/Namibia
The
Gamsberg (2347m) on the edge of the Namibian plain is in astronomical terms
one of the three best locations for telescopes in the southern hemisphere.
The observation conditions are comparable to La Silla, the site of the
European Southern Observatory in Chile or Paranal, home of the Very Large
Telescope .....
Alluna
Optics delivers 24 inch (610 mm) optics for the Austrian observatory
Which amateur
astronomer does not dream of having his own observatory away from the lights
of big cities. For Richard Gierlinger from Schärding in Upper Austria,
this dream has come true. The preconditions were good ....
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Alluna
Optics provides a 28 inch (710 mm) mirror for the IAS Observatory
