The Observatorio Astrofsico de Javalambre: current status and future developments
Abstract
The Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre (OAJ) is a new Spanish astronomical facility particularly conceived for carrying out large sky surveys, making use of two unprecedented telescopes of unusually large fields of view (FoV): the JST/T250, a 2.55 m telescope of 3 deg FoV, and the JAST/T80, an 83 cm telescope of 2 deg FoV. After two years of project development, JAST/T80 is already installed at the OAJ undergoing the first performance tests, and JST/T250 is fully assembled in the factory awaiting for the completion of the optics. We here provide an overall description of the project, indicating the current status of the main work packages and the next future developments.
- Publication:
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Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VII
- Pub Date:
- May 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013hsa7.conf..862C