(TTT1 – TTT2) First light: 2022
(TTT3 – TTT4) First light: 2025
Current status: Fully robotic
Current status: First light! Producing science during Commissioning
80cm telescopes
2m telescopes
MPC: Y68
Lon: -16.50974064º
Lat: 28.29892699º
Alt: 2361.87m
ALT-AZ 2000 mm RC
2 Nasmyth + 3 Ports: 5x f/6.
Min. observable elevation 15º
Max. speed 10 deg/s
Tracking < 0.1” RMS/min
Pointing < 8” RMS
Instruments:
– 1 sCMOS – Nasmyth 1
– 1 CCD – Nasmyth 2
– 1 Port available
– 1 Port available
– 1 Port available
First light: 2025
Current status: Producing science during commissioning
Lon: -16.509239º
Lat: 28.298939º
Alt: 2358.73m
ALT-AZ 2000 mm RC
2 Nasmyth + 3 Ports, 5x f/6
Min. observable elevation 15º
Max. speed 10 deg/s
Tracking < 0.1” RMS/min
Pointing < 8” RMS
Instruments:
– 1 sCMOS
– 1 Nasmyth available
– 1 Port
– 1 Port
– 1 Port
First light: summer 2025
Current status: under active construction
Available Instruments (March 2025)
TTT-80: sCMOS (F/6.85)
QHY411M
– Sensor: Sony IMX411 BSI
– Pixel size: 3.76 μm × 3.76 μm
– Resolution: 14304 px × 10748 px (151 Mpx = 302 MB)
– Sensor size: 54 mm × 40 mm (67.2 mm diag.)
– FOV: 30’ × 20’
– Plate scale: 0.12 ’’/px
– T = -15 ºC, RN = 1.8e- (0s), Dark = 0.007 e-/pix/s
CFW9-5
– Positions: 5
– Filter size: 65 mm square (91.2 mm diag.)
– Filters: ugriz (TTT1) | Lum, gri, Ha (TTT2)
TTT-200 (at TTT3, N2): CCD (F/6)
iKon-L 936
– Sensor: BSI BEX2-DD
– Pixel size: 13.5 μm × 13.5 μm
– Resolution: 2048 px × 2048 px (4.2 Mpx = 8.4 MB)
– Sensor size: 27.6 mm × 27.6 mm (39 mm diag.)
– FOV: 8’ × 8’
– Plate scale: 0.23 ’’/px
– T = -80 ºC, RN = 7e- (6s), Dark = 0.006 e-/px/s
CFW5-7
– Positions: 7
– Filter size: 50 mm square (70.7 mm diag.)
– Filters: Lum, SDSS u’, g’, r’, i’, zs, Y
TTT-200 (at TTT3, N1): sCMOS (F/6)
QHY600
– Sensor: Sony IMX455 BSI
– Pixel size: 3.76 μm × 3.76 μm
– Resolution: 9576px × 6388 px (61 Mpx = 120 MB)
– Sensor size: 36 mm × 24 mm
– FOV: 9.6’ × 6.4’
– Plate scale: 0.06 ’’/px
– T = -15 ºC, RN = 1.8e- (0s), Dark = 0.007 e-/pix/s
Possible 3×3 binning to 0.18 “/px
CFW9-5
– Positions: 5
– Filter size: 65 mm square (91.2 mm diag.)
– Filters: Lum, SDSS u,g,r,i,zs, Ha
Currently, Ports 3, 4 and 5 of TTT3 are available for new instrumentation. Please contact us at ops@lightbridges.es for more information.