Context Navigation

Changes between Version 39 and Version 40 of WikiStart/Documentation

v39	v40
48	48	KING was erected in the Eastern dome of the Elsässer lab in May 1986, first light in June 1986, first presentation to the public at the open-house day in July 1986.
49	49
50		The telescope was initially used for testing and improving astronomical instruments built for the Observatory on Calar Alto (Almería, Spain). The telescope was maintained to be in an operational mode at all the times, though more attention was given to purely mechanical rather than astronomical function. As time went by, the instrumentation being designed and built for Calar Alto became heavier, and therefore o longer possible to mount these large instruments on the 70 cm telescope.
	50	The telescope was initially used for testing and improving astronomical instruments built for the Observatory on Calar Alto (Almería, Spain). The telescope was maintained to be in an operational mode at all the times, though more attention was given to purely mechanical rather than astronomical function. As time went by, the instrumentation being designed and built for Calar Alto became heavier, and therefore no longer possible to mount these large instruments on the 70 cm telescope.
51	51	Since then, the 70 cm telescope was mainly used to demonstrate the behavior and work of a professional telescope to visiting groups of for small observational programs of members of the institute.
52	52