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[*] posted on 10-22-2018 at 11:29 AM


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The helo picture showed three telescope domes at the observatory site. I don't remember three just the one for the 84 inch telescope. Did they add more over the years.


Yes. One was being built when I was there in 2017.
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[*] posted on 10-22-2018 at 11:31 AM


Quote: Originally posted by TMW  
The helo picture showed three telescope domes at the observatory site. I don't remember three just the one for the 84 inch telescope. Did they add more over the years.


From their site: "The OAN currently has six telescopes whose diameters are 2.1 m, 1.5 m, 0.84 m, 0.60 m, 0.50 m, and 0.28 m (2 telescopes with a common mount) which operate in the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir in Baja California, in the northwest from Mexico."

Here's photos of a couple of the smaller telescopes, I took these a dozen years ago:







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[*] posted on 10-22-2018 at 04:53 PM


Quote: Originally posted by TMW  
The helo picture showed three telescope domes at the observatory site. I don't remember three just the one for the 84 inch telescope. Did they add more over the years.


From my Trip #7 report:




The three newest telescopes are a joint Mexico/Taiwan program. Located on the ridge just southeast. San Felipe is beyond, out-of-sight.

Read more on the TAOS II project: https://taos2.asiaa.sinica.edu.tw/

TAOS II, the Transneptunian Automated Occultation Survey, will measure the size distribution of small objects (~1 km diameter) in the Kuiper Belt and beyond. The Kuiper Belt size distribution is of scientific interest because it provides important information on the formation and dynamical evolution of the Solar System. Furthermore, the Kuiper Belt is thought to be the source of the short period comets, and an accurate census of these small objects can help us understand the mechanism by which an object in the Kuiper Belt Is perturbed into a cometary orbit. Such objects are impossible to detect directly because they are too faint to be seen with even the largest telescopes. However, when such an object passes in front of a star, the star will "blink out" for a small fraction of a second. The detection and characterization of these occultation events are the primary science goals of this survey.

TAOS II will build upon the successful operation of a precursor survey, TAOS I. The survey will operate three medium sized telescopes at the Observatorio Astronomico Nacional (OAN) at San Pedro Mártir (SPM) in Baja California, México. Each telescope will be equipped with a custom high-speed camera capable of collecting image data on more than 10,000 stars at a readout cadence of 20 Hz. The resulting data volume will be enormous, with over 300 terabytes per year of raw image data.

[Edited on 10-22-2018 by David K]




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