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June 2009
| ASTELCO at Nature International Journal of Science |
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Febuary 2009
| World Record(?) 0.6m GRB survey telescope installed in New ZealandASTELCO has installed a 0.6m ultra leightweight RC telescope (total weight approx. 60kg) on a NTM-500 mount for GRB survey observations in New Zealand. To our knowledge this could be the fastest telescope worldwide in the 0.6m class. The maximum slewing speed is about 80°/sec, the time-to-target is around 5 seconds! Click here for a TV news report (shown on TV3.co.nz, DivX, 4.86 MB) Click here for a video clip (DivX, 2.06 MB) |
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Febuary 2009
| Astronomy Pictures of the Day using a NTM-500 mountOne more of Stephane Guisard's astronomical images was anounced to be an Astronomy Picture of the Day. The image was acquired by Stephane Guisard using an ASTELCO NTM-500 mount without autoguider. |
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August 2008
| ASTELCO presents the NTM-500 mount at the OTAM 2008 conference in Alghero, Sardina |
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July 2008
| Installation of a foldable enclosure on Roque de los Muchachos, La PalmaThe installation of a foldable enclosure to house a seeing monitor station on Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma has been completed. The control of the foldable enclosure is integrated in the NTM-500 remote control. |
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June 2008
| 1.4m Robotic Alt-Az Telescope for Hellenic Naval Academy and the National Centre for Astronomy EUDOXOS, GreeceA contract for building the 1.4m Constantine Caratheodory Telescope robotic alt-az mounted telescope for the Hellenic Naval Academy and the National Centre for Astronomy "EUDOXOS" in Kefallonia, Greece has been awarded to ASTELCO. The telescope will be used for Quantum Optics Experiments in conjuction with Satelites, Quantum Astronomy studies as well as Time Domain Astronomy, especially Gamma Ray Burst follow-up and long term monitoring of variable sources. |
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June 2008
| ASTELCO Systems at SPIE 2008 in Marseille
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May 2008
| Fastest(?) 0.6m GRB survey telescope installedThe ASTELCO 0.6m ultra lightweight RC telescope on NTM mount has been installed and is running. Any target will be reached within less than 10 seconds. |
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January 2008
| 2.0m Robotic Alt-Az Telescope for Mount Wendelstein ObservatoryA contract has been awarded to KAYSER-THREDE as
prime contractor and its partner ASTELCO for building a 2.0m
alt-azimuth robotic telescope for worldwide reknown LMU
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität of Munich, Germany. In cooperation
with the Munich-based company KAYSER-THREDE, who is responsible for
the optics and installation of the telescope on the summit, ASTELCO
will build the mechanical structure, control system and software of
this telescope. The instrument will be installed in 2010 on top of
Mount Wendelstein (about 80km from Munich), replacing the more than
20 years old 80cm telescope of Wendelstein Observatory. |
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November 2007 | 1.2m alt-azimuth telescope for an Arabic countryA contract for building a 1.2m alt-azimuth telescope has been awarded to ASTELCO by an Arabic country. |
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October 2007 | Astronomy Pictures of the Day using a NTM-500 mountThree of Stephane Guisard's astronomical images were anounced to be an Astronomy Picture of the Day. All images were acquired by Stephane Guisard using an ASTELCO NTM-500 mount without autoguider. The image processing was done by Robert Gendler. Jumbled Galaxy Centaurus A (2007, Jun. 30) |
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May 2007 |
1.2m alt-azimuth telescopeA contract for building a 1.2m alt-azimuth telescope has been awarded to ASTELCO by the University of Canakkale (Canakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, COMU), Turkey. COMU is one of Turkey's leading universities in the field of Astronomy. The telescope is planned to be installed at Ulupinar Astrophysics Observatory in fourth quarter 2008.
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May 2007
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Live presentation of the ASTELCO NTM-500 mount with 50 cm RC OTA!For the first time in Germany the brandnew NTM-500 was presented live at the ATT astronomical fair in Essen, Germany, on May, 5th. This next generation high-tech mount was performing its high slewing speed of 40 deg/sec under the eyes of the interested crowd. The mount was carrying the lightweight 50 cm RC optical tube and was controlled via wireless keypad. |
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April 2007 |
SLODAR mount starts operation at Cerro Paranal, Chile |
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March 2007
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ASTELCO presents New Technology Mount at Seeing Symposium in HawaiiAlmost 100 attendees watched the live presentation of the
NTM-500 slewing with more than 50 degrees per second under Hawaiian
Skies. The image on the left shows Steve Businger, the head of MKWC, next to the NTM-500 |
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March 2007 |
4m dome supplied to the Astronomical Institute of the University of Valencia, Spain!At the same time, ASTELCO also moved the TROBAR telescope from its former location to the new observatory a few kilometers away and brought it back to operation. |
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February 2007 |
Start with the design work for a 2.1m robotic telescope to be used to capture the reflections of the cosmic Cherenkov radiation. |
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December 2006 |
Final installation of the new 40cm telescope on NTM-500 robotic mount on Mount Wendelstein Observatory!ASTELCO not only supplied the complete equipment but also refurbished the historical 3m dome and automatized it to be controlled by the mount's software. |
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November 2006 |
Another site-testing equipment, consisting of robotic mount NTM-500, tower and enclosure has been supplied to ESO for use in Argentina. |
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November 2006 |
4m dome supplied to the Astrophysical Institute of Andalucía in Granada, Spain! |
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October 2006 |
Start of the development of an effective but inexpensive active optics system with upgradeability to adaptive optics. |
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June 2006 |
"First Light" for the first New-Technology-Mount NTM-500 at Mount Paranal, Chile.The mount was installed atop of an ASTELCO 5m-high tower. The equipment is protected by an ASTELCO retractable enclosure. It will be used for site-testing purposes by ESO. |
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June 2006 |
A specially designed mount has been supplied for use by the Government of an Arabic Country.The mount will be used to detect the young crescent moon, which is a very important cultural and religious issue. |
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April 2006
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ASTELCO moved to a new locationNow, much larger office and warehouse space enables ASTELCO to work on more projects. |
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January 2006 |
Vienna, AustriaSupply of a specially designed 40cm telescope for the Institute for Quantum Optics, University of Vienna, Austria. |
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July 2005 |
Valencia, SpainIt was a great honor for ASTELCO's managing director Mario Costantino to meet with US astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon. During an extensive lunch in Valencia's "Restaurante Submarino de L'Oceanogràfic" of the City of Arts and Science, Mario had the opportunity to exchange thoughts on science, crewed spaceflight and other topics with Mr. Armstrong. Listening to Mr. Armstrong's report on his 1969 Apollo-11 mission will remain unforgettable. |
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February 2005 |
Start of the design and development of a small, light-weight and inexpensive astronomical mount with highspeed pointing (up to 50 deg / sec) and high pointing accuracy of only a few arc seconds. |
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September 2004 |
Granada, SpainAfter only 16 weeks manufacturing time, the 60cm robotic Infrared-Telescope "BOOTES-IR" has been delivered to the Sierre Nevada Observatory of the Astrophysical Institute of Andalucía in Granada, Spain. |
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