Mercury Watch Telescopes



The following telescope facilities and instrumentation have been considered useful for acquisition of Mercury observations.


TelescopeAperture
Latitude
ZD limit
ImagingPolarimetrySpectroscopyAccessProposalsNote
Asiago Observatory
Mount Ekar, Italy
1.82-m
45 N
z<75
Low-medium resolutionDisk integrated
photopolarimetry: EKAR
Medium-res: AFOSC
Hi-res: Echelle Spectrograph
Open for all. Service obs:
2 h per month
Required:
March / September
New Swedish Solar Telescope
La Palma
0.97-m
28 N
TBD
High resolutionTBDTBDGenerousAfter 2001Not currently available.
Contact J. Warell
Nordic Optical Telescope
La Palma
2.56-m
28 N
z<84
Medium resolution:
ALFOSC
Disk integrated
photopolarimetry: TurPol
Low-res: ALFOSC
Hi-res: SOFIN
Open for all,
easier with Nordic co-op.
Required:
May1 / Nov 11
1-m Telescope
OPic du Midi, France
1.00-m
43 N
z<80
High resolutionImaging polarimetryLow-resOpen for all, easy accessNot very strictOpen for user-provided instrumentation





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