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TÜBİTAK National Observatory

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Code
  
A84

Website
  
www.tug.tubitak.gov.tr

Altitude
  
2,450 m (8,040 ft)

RTT150
  
Cassegrain

TÜBİTAK National Observatory

Organization
  
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey

Location
  
Bakırtepe, Antalya, Turkey

TÜBİTAK National Observatory (Turkish: TÜBİTAK Ulusal Gozlemevi, TUG) is a ground-based astronomical observatory operated by the TUG Institute of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). Established in 1991, it is located at an altitude of 2,450 m (8,040 ft) in Bakırtepe, around 50 km (31 mi) west-southwest of Antalya in southern Turkey.

There are five telescopes installed in Bakırtepe:

  • RTT150 - Russian-Turkish 1.5-m Telescope (formerly AZT-22) (2001)
  • T100 (ACE RC1.0) - 1.0 m Ritchey–Chrétien telescope (2009)
  • T60 (OMI RC06) - 0.6 m Ritchey–Chrétien telescope (2008)
  • YT40 (Meade LX200GPS) - 0.4 m Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope (2006)
  • ROTSEIIID Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment

    • References

    TÜBİTAK National Observatory Wikipedia
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