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e-science with EUDOXOS:
The National Observatory for Education 'EUDOXOS' is the oldest Greek center for Robotic Astronomy and the
Official Observatory of the Secondary Education System of Greece. It hosts a wide variety of
remotely controlled telescopes and implementations of their associated diverse
technologies. EUDOXOS' as a new institution, was conceived in 1993, started development in 1996, and operates since 1999 at an altitude of 1040m on Mount Ainos, Kefallinia Island, Greece. The other Optical Telescopes of the EUDOXOS Observatories are installed in sites located outside Kefallinia.
Current Instruments -Facilities:
EUDOXOS' largest telescope in service
at the moment is the 0.62m "Andrew
Michalitsianos" Telescope (TAM) . There are also two other telescopes in service (the
"Ouranos" of 0.27m diameter and the "Apollon" (HTA) a 0.15m dedicated Solar Telescope
designed by the Observatory. It consists of a 4.5m high Heliostat tower,
vacuum tubes and various imaging objective lens assemblies. In December 2006 the installation of 'Vikendios
Damodos' Telescope (TVD)
-a specially made Ritchey-Cretien 0.51m equatorial
reflector- is scheduled. to take place An additional project regarding the design and construction of a novel 3-mirror experimental robotic
telescope (1.1 m dia. named (Konstantine
Karatheodory - (TKK)) is ongoing .
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