This is one of the first light images with our new setup at the TURMX Observatory, hosted at the e-EyE Astronomical Complex in Extremadura, Spain. It is only a quick snapshot with a total of 6 hours of exposure time with the Baader CMOS-optimized ultra-narrowband filters as a first test […]
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After installing our new Planewave CDK17, the first galaxy we aimed at is the Triangulum Galaxy, M33. This telescope with a focal length of almost 3 meters in combination with the QHY600M CMOS camera gives an unbinned pixel scale of 0.26 arcsec/pixel. Only during nights with exceptional seeing conditions, we […]
We have installed the TURMX setup in August 2019, right after the construction of the new observatory module “Apollo VII” at E-EyE was completed. As shown in the image above, we were the first team to move into the new module. The team at E-EyE had done a great job […]
The TURMX Observatory at the E-EyE Astronomical Complex near Fregenal de la Sierra in the Extremadura region in Spain ist fully remote operated. Although the are E-EyE technicians on site, in case of technical problems, the goal is to run the setup over an extended period of time without touching […]