Pico Dos Dias Observatory - Telescopes

Telescopes

  • A 1.6 m (63 in) Cassegrain reflector built by Perkin-Elmer first became operational in 1981.
  • A 0.6 m (24 in) Ritchey-Chrétien telescope built by Boller & Chivens and installed in 1992 is jointly used by LNA and the University of São Paulo.
  • A 0.6 m (24 in) Cassegrain reflector built by Zeiss Jena was purchased in the 1960s through coffee trade with East Germany. It was installed in 1983.

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