VALMECA
60cm Telescope (Puimichel, 04)
The T600 VALMECA overview
in a nutshell
- 600mm diameter Richtey Chrétien F8
- Optics (main+secondary) refigured
by D.CARDOEN in 2005
- Main mirror cell :
12 points, 3 fixed for collimation, 9 astatic points.
- Fork Mount
- 480 theeth bronze
(UE12P) gear, module 1, measured machining accuracy +/-5mm.
- MCMT
RA-DEC drives
- Automatic pointing
- PEC-King correction
- Focusing : MCMT
- Overall weight : 1200kg
- Mobile part weight
: 850 kg
- Dome diameter: 3m
INACO, automated and software driven dome.
- Location : 43.967N
6.017E
- All driven by PRISM software
A very nice telescope
that everyone dreams to have it privately in his garden !
Its software configuration
can be found here.
May 2004
August 2003
May 2003
Aout 2000
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