TerryMcK Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-61911047 If the article disappears it is a rig looking for collapsed Neutron stars and is mounted on top of a mountain in La Palma, Spain. It looks to me as if each of the 2 domes has a bank of 8 H400 f2.4 Astrographs costing around 45000 Euros each. They are atop an ASA DDM500 costing around 93000 Euros each. So a total of 16 H400's and 2 DDM500's with all the ancillary equipment costing a lot of dosh! Not sure about the sensors they are using but probably CCD's of equal high cost/quality. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Colliding neutron stars created Heavy Metal? Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 The picture really doesn't do it justice, I originally thought that mount looks too small, but it really isnt when you look at the dims for it... https://www.astrosysteme.com. Must be fun setting all those up together... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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