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Friday, 01 Sep 2023 11:03 WIB
The space telescope belonging to the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) in Timau, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) will soon be completed. (Photo: BRIN Researcher Thomas Djamaluddin)
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Telescope space owned by the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Of Timau, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) will soon be completed. Check out the specifications.
This space telescope is called quite sophisticated. The reason is, this telescope is the same as the Seimei Telescope in Okayama belonging to Kyoto University.
The telescope is currently in the installation stage at the Timau National Observatory, East Kupang, which is also being completed.
Mikio Kurita from Kyoto University explained that the telescope’s instruments consist of OPTICA and NIRCA. The Seimei and Timau twin telescopes have generally the same specifications using a 3.8 meter mirror and using 2 wide field of view cameras namely NIRCA with a near infrared filter and OPTICA with three infrared filters.
Kurita is currently involved in the development of two NIRCA and OPTICA wide-field cameras that will be installed in the Timau telescope.
According to Kurita, the potential targets for observation for the Timau telescope are objects at the South Pole of the galaxy, ranging from exoplanets (extrasolar planets) to research on the process of star formation.
“Besides that, it is also for observing transient objects, namely objects whose light suddenly increases, such as novae and supernovae. The advantage of the Seimei and Timau telescopes is that they can move quickly, so they are very suitable for observing supernovae, star flares, and other transient objects,” he said at the Space Research Weekly Colloquium (LINEAR), Wednesday (23/08), quoted from the website BRIN.
In addition, this telescope can also be used to observe cataclysmic double stars and star flares, similar to flares on the sun.
“Telescopes in Indonesia can play an important role in researching transient objects, such as supernovas, due to Timau’s location. The sky conditions in Timau are also better than in Okayama, so it is ideal for observing these transient phenomena. Telescopes in Indonesia can also observe the northern hemisphere sky and south, as well as the equatorial region,” said Keiichi Maeda from Kyoto University at the same event.
In early August, Robertus Heru, Head of the Aviation and Space Research Organization at the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), said that the secondary mirror for the Timau telescope had been installed. According to him, soon the installation of primary and tertiary mirrors will also be carried out soon. If everything has been done, then the team just needs to calibrate the mirror.
Robertus targets the construction of the Observatory to be completed in September 2023.
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