Ege University Observatory

Ege University Observatory
Ege Üniversitesi Gozlemevi
	Izmir, Turkey
Coordinates	38°23′54″N 27°16′06″E / 38.39833°N 27.26833°E
Altitude	800 m (2,600 ft)
Established	June 22, 1965
Website	gozlemevi.ege.edu.tr
Telescopes
T15
T15	15 cm Unitron
T6.4	6.4 cm Zeiss Refracting telescope
T6	6 cm Russian Refracting telescope
T30	30 cm Meade Reflecting telescope
T35	35 cm Meade Reflecting telescope
T40	40 cm Meade Reflecting telescope
A48	48 cm Reflecting Cassegrain telescope
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The Ege University Observatory (

Izmir in western Turkey

. The telescope domes of the observatory are situated at an altitude of 800 m (2,600 ft) while the main building is erected at 632 m (2,073 ft).

The facility was officially renamed Ege University Observatory Application and Research Center (Turkish: Ege Üniversitesi Gözlemevi Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi) on August 12, 2009.

History

Soon after the establishment of the Astronomy Department at Ege University in 1963, a project to establish an observatory was developed. Kurudağ was chosen as the location for the observatory, a site far from urban light pollution but close (17 km (11 mi)) to the university's campus.^[1]

The first instruments of the observatory were a 15-cm Unitron telescope, a Foucault pendulum and an Iris photometer.^[1] By 2013, night observations were becoming difficult due to glare from urban encroachment.^[1]^[2]

Instruments

Currently, the observatory consists of following telescopes and instruments:^[2]

Telescopes

13 cm spectrograph (1967)
48 cm Cassegrain telescope (1968)
30 cm Meade telescope (1999)
35 cm Meade telescope (2004)
40 cm Meade telescope (2004)

Receivers-photometers

High-speed three-channel photometer (48 cm)
2 pieces CCD cameras (35 and 40 cm telescopes)
2 pieces SSP-5 photometers (30 cm telescope)

A staff of 17 researchers and seven assistants work at the EUO.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kuruluş-Gelişmeler" (in Turkish). Ege Üniversitesi Gözlemevi Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi. Archived from the original on 2012-07-01. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Ege University-History and development <accessdate=2013-02-20". Koeri.

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[euo-1] "Kuruluş-Gelişmeler" (in Turkish). Ege Üniversitesi Gözlemevi Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi. Archived from the original on 2012-07-01. Retrieved 2013-02-20.

[k-2] "Ege University-History and development <accessdate=2013-02-20". Koeri.

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