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The NCU Lu-Lin Observatory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Wean-Shun Tsay ,
Alfred Bing-Chih Chen ,
Kuang-Hsiang Chang  and
Huan-Hsin Li
Wean-Shun Tsay
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, Chung-Li 32054, Taiwan
Alfred Bing-Chih Chen*
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, Chung-Li 32054, Taiwan
Kuang-Hsiang Chang
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, Chung-Li 32054, Taiwan
Huan-Hsin Li
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, Chung-Li 32054, Taiwan
*
1 Current Address: Department of Physics, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan

Abstract

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The NCU (National Central University) Lu-Lin observatory is located at Mt. Front Lu-Lin, 120°52′25”E and 23°28′07” N, a 2862-m peak in the Yu-Shan National Park. The construction of Lu-Lin observatory was finished on January 14, 1999. The initial assessment of Lu-Lin site started in 1989, after which a three-year project was founded by the National Science Council (NSC) to support a modern seeing monitoring program. The average seeing at Lu-Lin is about 1.39 arc-second with an average of 200 clear nights annually. The sky background is 20.72 mag/arcsec2 in V band and 21.22 mag/arcsec2 in B band.

The Lu-Lin observatory is for both research and education. A homemade 76-cm Super Light Telescope (SLT) and four TAOS 50-cm robotic telescopes for a survey on Kuiper Belt Objects will be the two major research facilities. The pilot program for SLT consists of observations of time-varying astrophysical phenomena. The TAOS #1 telescope was installed at Lu-Lin in March 2000. A 90 KW/240 VAC power line and a water pipe system have been pulled to the site in early 2001. A wireless Network system through A-Li Shan has been operating at Lu-Lin observatory while a faster wireless Network system with 11.5 Mbit/sec bandwidth is under consideration and may be available in the near future for remote observing.

Type
VII. Science With Small Telescopes
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 183: Small-Telescope Astronomy on Global Scales , 2001 , pp. 299 - 303
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001

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