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Infrastructu re and facilities available at INAF – Catania Astrophysic al Observatory

Infrastructu re and facilities available at INAF – Catania Astrophysic al Observatory. Salvo Scuderi – INAF OACT. Where we are located. Serra La Nave (Mt. Etna) Altitude : 1725 m Longitude : + 14° 58' 23" Latitude + 37° 41' 33". Catania Altitude : 180 m Longitude : 15 ° 4′ 18 ″

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Infrastructu re and facilities available at INAF – Catania Astrophysic al Observatory

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  1. Infrastructure and facilities available at INAF – Catania Astrophysical Observatory Salvo Scuderi – INAF OACT 1st SPRING Workshop, Nov 26-28, 2103

  2. Wherewe are located Serra La Nave (Mt. Etna) Altitude: 1725 m Longitude: +14° 58' 23" Latitude+37° 41' 33" Catania Altitude: 180 m Longitude: 15° 4′ 18″ Latitude : 37° 31′ 43″ 1st SPRING Workshop, Nov 26-28, 2103

  3. Catania Station • The equatorial spar is equipped with 3instruments: • Cook refractor (150/2230 mm), used to make daily drawings of sunspot-groups from visual observation; • 150-mm refractor (2300 mm focal length) feeding a Zeiss HLyot-filter (bandwidth of 0.25 or 0.50 Å tunable filter range +/- 1 Å) and a 2048 x 2048 E2V CCD 42-40 array (in patrol full disk mode the camera can take images every 150 sec), with a dynamical range of 16 bit; • 150-mm refractor (2300 mm focal length) feeding a HHalle-filter for limb observations. • Global H-alphaNetwork • Solar Influences Data Analysis Center (SIDC) • World Data Center for the Sunspot Index (NOAA - Boulder) 1st SPRING Workshop, Nov 26-28, 2103

  4. Lens supportallowingmicrometricadjustements of the focus The equatorialspar Cook refractor (150/2230 mm), used to make daily drawings of sunspot-groups from visual observation Hα Halle filter for limbobservations of the chromosphere Hα Zeiss filter for observations of the chromosphere Control camera Supportused to makedrawings of sunspots and pores 1st SPRING Workshop, Nov 26-28, 2103

  5. Solar Observations The Photosphere(Oct 27, 2003) The Cromosphere(Oct 27, 2003) 1st SPRING Workshop, Nov 26-28, 2103

  6. Solar data archive and distribution • Taking into account that solar observations started in Catania more than one century ago, we stress the important heritage provided by the several and different sets of data, like the photographic archives stored at the Catania Observatory. • These archives mostly consist of synoptic full-disk photospheric and chromospheric observations, the latter taken with a spectroheliograph or with birifringent filters, in the CaII K and Hα lines. These observations, stored on plates and acetate negatives, date from 1926 to 1998. • Digitized jpeg images of the photosphere, chromosphere (in Hα) and scanned images of the drawings of the photosphere from 1998 to 2010 are availableatftp://inaf-node-83.oact.inaf.it/ • On request, weprovidefitsfiles of the images of the photosphere and chromosphere, which can be used for scientificanalysis. • Together with these data, wealsoprovide the flat-field and dark currentfiles. 1st SPRING Workshop, Nov 26-28, 2103

  7. Serra La Nave Station ASTRI site 61cm Telescope Dome APT2 complex Garage Entrance 91cm Telescope Dome Guardian building Guest House Etna Park 1st SPRING Workshop, Nov 26-28, 2103

  8. 91cm Telescope Dome • CAOS • Fiber Fed Spectropolarimeter • Range: 0.39–1.05 m • Resolution: 55000 • Polarimetric Mode: 0.39–0.75 m • Current status: Science Verification Telescope • Camera for imaging • FOV: 10.5x10.5 arcmin • Scale: 0.61 arcsec/pix • Filters: UBVRI • Current status: Operational 1st SPRING Workshop, Nov 26-28, 2103

  9. APT2 complex APT2 • Ritchey-Chretien, 80cm, f/8 • Robotic • Pointing speed: 0.75 deg s-1 • UnvignettedFoV: 16 arcmin • Scale: 0.37 arcsec pixel-1 • Filters: UBVRI • Current status: Science Verification APT2 40 cm telescope used for educational activities EMPTY DOME Meade 40 1st SPRING Workshop, Nov 26-28, 2103

  10. New Project - ASTRI • Design, development and production, within the CherenkovTelescope Array framework, of an end to end prototype of a Small SizeTelescope, SST, devoted to the 1-100 TeVgamma rayenergyregioninvestigated by CTA. • Dual-mirroroptics,Schwarschild-Couderconfiguration • Mainmirrordiameter: 4 meters • Compact focalplane camera based on Si-PMssensors • First Light: 2014 • Current Status: Pillar Construction 1st SPRING Workshop, Nov 26-28, 2103

  11. 61cm Telescope Schmidt TelescopeDecommissioned 1st SPRING Workshop, Nov 26-28, 2103

  12. Guest House • Electronics workshop • Mechanical workshop • Conferenceroom • 20 Rooms (kitchen area, bathroom) • Offices • Dining room area 1st SPRING Workshop, Nov 26-28, 2103

  13. ‘’Auxiliary’’ Instrumentation • Sismographs • High precision GPS (horizontal-verticalsurfacemovements), • Gravimeter(absolute and relative) • Pludix • LIDAR • AllSky Camera • 2 Weather Station • Lightning Detector 1st SPRING Workshop, Nov 26-28, 2103

  14. Network connection Fiber optic Intranet All buildings at the Observatory are connected through wired and/or wireless local network and by a direct radio link to the Catania Observatory (5-10Mbit/s) 1st SPRING Workshop, Nov 26-28, 2103

  15. Site Characteristics(@ night) 1st SPRING Workshop, Nov 26-28, 2103

  16. Site Characteristics 1st SPRING Workshop, Nov 26-28, 2103

  17. The GONG Network SLN 1st SPRING Workshop, Nov 26-28, 2103

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