Telescope

Small Ritchey-Chretien telescope with diameter of primary mirror 250 mm. and focal length 2 000 mm. located in Caucasian Mountain Observatory of Sternberg Astronomical Institute of Moscow State University in point with coordinates 42° 40′ 05″ E 43° 44′ 11″ N and altitude 2 112 m.

CCD Camera

Thermoelectrically cooled CCD camera SBIG STXL-6303e with self-guided filter wheel FW8G-STXL and Johnson-Cousins photometrical filters B, V, Rc and Ic. Field of view 47′.5 × 31′.7. Peak of quantum efficiency at λ=6500Å is 75%.

Mount

Remote controlled Software Bisque Paramount MYT robotic equatorial mount. With training periodic error correction mean guiding error is no more than 1″. Celestial objects with altitude above horizon from 12° to 72° are available for observations.

Focuser

Optec TCF-Leo low profile focuser with travel 8.9 mm. which is 112 000 steps.