Here in the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Lincoln we have a variety of telescopes for practical observations. Observations of astronomical objects is a great way to make the most of the theoretical lectures delivered on the physics program. Students can take our smaller telescopes out on loan, and also get the chance to use the larger telescopes when undertaking their final year project in astrophysics.
Currently we have three larger telescopes:
Skywatcher Evostar 120 EQ5 Telescope
4.75inch (120mm) refracting telescope with equatorial mount.
Meade LX90 ACF 8″ UHTC GOTO Telescope
8 inch (203mm) Schmidt-Cassegrain reflecting telescope which sits on a altitude-azimuth mount.
Celestron CGX Equatorial 1100 SCT Telescope
11 inch (280mm) Schmidt-Cassegrain reflecting telescope which sits on a equatorial mount.
We also have some smaller Skywatcher Skytravel 102 refractor telescopes that can be controlled from your smartphone. These are the ones we loan out to interested students.
We also have the following accessories like cameras, eyepieces and filters:
- QHY5L-II Monochrome Planetary/Guide Camera
- Atik 314L Mono CCD Camera
- QHY 163 Cooled USB3 CMOS camera
- Celestron 1.25 Eyepiece and filter kit
- Sky-Watcher 1.25 Lunar planetary filter
- ZWO 5-position filter Wheel 1.25
- A range of solar-filters to fit our telescopes for solar observing
Last but not least, we have our own 3 metre radio telescope on the roof of the Isaac Newton building that observes at 21cm wavelengths. The students can learn to use the radio telescope in their final years as well as conduct third year or summer projects with it.
