Kottamia Observatory and AMEAN in future

OAO UM / 2009 Aug 21

OAO UM / 2009 Aug 21 by T. Sasaki

Kottamia 188cm Telescope!"#$%&'()*+,

National Research Institute of Astronomy andGeophysics (NRIAG), Helwan, Cairo, Egypt

188cm-./01
23*+456&$7891:;<!

On the desert 60km east from Cairo
Latitude 29 55' 35.24" N
Longitude 31 49' 45.85" E
Altitude 482.7 m
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Statistical data shows
200 clear nights a year (S.M. Hassan 1998)
but someone says
about 300 photometric nights.

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T. Sasaki (NAOJ)

Kottamia Observatory and AMEAN in future

Kottamia Observatory and AMEAN in future

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Dome for Kottamia 188cm Telescope

Seeing Monitor

Accomodation for Observers
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Kottamia 188cm
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at OAO/Japan, andMt. Stromlo, Australia (burned*)
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Kottamia 188cm TelescopeComputerized Telescope Control SystemOAO UM / 2009 Aug 21 by T. Sasaki

Kottamia Observatory and AMEAN in future

OAO UM / 2009 Aug 21 by T. Sasaki

Kottamia Observatory and AMEAN in future

OAO UM / 2009 Aug 21 by T. Sasaki

Kottamia 188cm Telescope Instruments

Trouble Shooting for Kottamia 188cm Telescope

CCD Camera (2154x2048) at Newton Focus

Stellar images were splitted into 3 segments
near 10 years!
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Stellar images taken with Kottamia
188cm telescope under theprevious state on 2009-06-07

Kottamia Observatory and AMEAN in future

OAO UM / 2009 Aug 21 by T. Sasaki

Trouble Shooting for Kottamia 188cm Telescope

Kottamia Observatory and AMEAN in future

OAO UM / 2009 Aug 21 by T. Sasaki

Trouble Shooting for Kottamia 188cm Telescope

Mirror cell and counter balance system from the back-side view of the telescope

Detached the M1 andits mirror cell from thetelescope.

Mirrors, M1 and M2,with its mirror cellwere remade in 1995
by carl-Zeiss.

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Radial Supports

Removing the M1 and its
mirror cell. Now the mirror
support systems areclearly seen.

Kottamia Observatory and AMEAN in future

OAO UM / 2009 Aug 21 by T. Sasaki

Trouble Shooting for Kottamia 188cm Telescope
Axial Support System:a mirror-touching pad,its counter weight,
gimbals, and its limiter

padGimbals
Counter WeightLimiter

Kottamia Observatory and AMEAN in future

Axial supportsOAO UM / 2009 Aug 21 by T. Sasaki

Trouble Shooting for Kottamia 188cm Telescope
Check the counter-weight balance with dummy weights of 90kg
! balances are all OK as the initial adjustment

Kottamia Observatory and AMEAN in future

OAO UM / 2009 Aug 21 by T. Sasaki

Trouble Shooting for Kottamia 188cm Telescope
Optical adjustments were done
after adjusting axial support system by sinking the three fixed supports.

Kottamia Observatory and AMEAN in future

OAO UM / 2009 Aug 21 by T. Sasaki

Trouble Shooting for Kottamia 188cm Telescope
Optical adjustments with laser beam by rotating the Cs rotator.
A center of the beam tracks is real optical center at Newton Focus.

Adjusting Newton Mirror
Laser beam gun

Laser
beam
spot

Cross wire at Newton focus

Kottamia Observatory and AMEAN in future

OAO UM / 2009 Aug 21 by T. Sasaki

Nice Observations
with renovated Kottamia 188cm Telescope

Kottamia Observatory and AMEAN in future

OAO UM / 2009 Aug 21 by T. Sasaki

Nice Observations
with renovated Kottamia 188cm Telescope
M13Previous 3 segmented
image
Improved imagesö1Ä)*+!

Kottamia Observatory and AMEAN in future

OAO UM / 2009 Aug 21 by T. Sasaki

Nicely inspected byEgypt Governmental Science advisors andObservatory director

Kottamia Observatory and AMEAN in future

OAO UM / 2009 Aug 21 by T. Sasaki

Trying to get Hartmann test image
but a control computer has sometroubles on 2009-06-11 ..…
!!Getting hartmann test images
on 2009-06-21 successfully

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Dr. Hamed Ismail, Dir. Kottamia Obs.; Prof. Salah Mahmoud, Dir.NRIAG; Dr. T.Sasaki; Dr.
Maged Al-Sherbiny, Egypt Sci.Adv.; Mr. Masaru Tsukamoto, JICA, Sci.Adv.; Prof. T. Noguchi;
Dr. Gamal Ali; Dr. Ahmed Essam; Dr. Ibrahim Selim

Kottamia Observatory and AMEAN in future

OAO UM / 2009 Aug 21 by T. Sasaki

Kottamia Observatory and AMEAN in future

OAO UM / 2009 Aug 21 by T. Sasaki

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1.5m

Xinglong

MaidanakSinai?

Hanle

Kottamia

BohyunTibet?

NishiHarima
Gunma …
OkayamaOkayama 3.8m

YunnanXinglong

2.16m

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2m

EACOA

NishiHarima
Gunma ...
OkayamaOkayama 3.8m

Sinai?
TMTHanle
Kottamia

Lulin

Yunnan2.4m

TMT 30m

1.88m

Lulin

Subaru30m

Subaru1m

3.8m

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8.2m

23*+456&$7891:;<!

Research Collaborations

Telescope available

Telescope available

Telescope in plan

Telescope in plan

Kottamia Observatory and AMEAN in future

OAO UM / 2009 Aug 21 by T. Sasaki

Research Collaborations

Kottamia Observatory and AMEAN in future

1.5m

OAO UM / 2009 Aug 21 by T. Sasaki

1.5m

Xinglong

2.16m

MaidanakBohyun

Tibet?

Hanle
Kottamia

OkayamaOkayama 3.8m

Yunnan
2.4m

Lulin

1m
1.88m

2m

NishiHarima

30m

Sinai?

TMT 30m

Hanle
Kottamia

1.88m

OkayamaOkayama 3.8m

Yunnan2.4m

Lulin

Subaru1m

3.8m

1.88m2m)")?@A½d…*+6&$789
Asia-Middle-East-Astro-NetworkrAMEAN)

BohyunTibet?

NishiHarima
Sinai?

Xinglong

2.16m

Maidanak2m

30m

TMT 30m

1.88m

Subaru

3.8m

2m

8.2m

Possible deploy. of Mitsume!50cm to Kottamia

Telescope available

Telescope available

Telescope in plan

Telescope in plan8.2m

Kottamia Observatory and AMEAN in future

OAO UM / 2009 Aug 21 by T. Sasaki

Kottamia Observatory and AMEAN in future

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