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Nova Patrol at Abastumani

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Givi N. Kimeridze  and
Omar M. Kurtanidze
Givi N. Kimeridze
Affiliation:
Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory, 383762 Abastumani, Georgia
Omar M. Kurtanidze
Affiliation:
Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory, 383762 Abastumani, Georgia

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The Schmidt telescope (360-333-625 mm) of the Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory has been used for photographic observations for more than fifty years. It provides a field of 7°.3 (80 mm) and a non-vignetted field of 4° (44 mm). A limiting magnitude of 16m.5 can be reached in 7-8 min exposure on medium sensitivity astronomical films and 18m with fine grain emulsions.

Multicolour and polarization observations of a few hundred relatively bright galaxies were carried out by M. Vashakidze during the first two decades of the telescope operation. In the mid-1950s, he also discovered the strong polarization of the Crab nebula. Since 1961, systematic photographic observations are carried out in the framework of the International Cooperation Programme of Supernova Patrol in 24 fields. The telescope is also used to study the brightness variations of eruptive and exploding variable stars.

Type
All-Sky Monitoring
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 151: Flares and Flashes , 1995 , pp. 410 - 411
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1995

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