Bareket observatory
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| Location | Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Israel |
|---|---|
| Webpage | http://bareket-astro.com |
| Telescopes | |
| Main system | 15-in f/2.8 Astrograph reflector |
| Newtonian 12" f/5.3 high end planetary telescope | 12-in prime focus reflector |
The Bareket Observatory is a family-owned commercial observatory. It is located in a private house of Baraket family, in Maccabim, Israel. (Code B35 at the MPC).
[edit] Equipment
The observatory has a 38cm diameter Astrograph telescope, which is a wide field reflector mounted on a robotic computer-controlled equatorial mount. It equipped with a cooled CCD camera, 10 positions computerized filter wheel, photometric filters and a spectrograph. The observatory's visitors uses a variety of telescopes; as 8" and 11" SCTs and a special planetary 12" bino-reflector.
Once a year the observatory is producing the Astronomical Olympics for schools.[1]
