The Immaculate College Observatory

While the College has carried out some observations and measurements, is the Father Enrique Capelletti, its first director, who in 1882 organized by the Observatory and systematic actions initiated in May of that year.

In designing the present building of the College, whose foundation stone was placed in 1907, initially estimated that the observatory should remain in its original place, but in 1918 to jumpstart the front end "on the net", which involving the construction of a floor to cap, we generated an area particularly suited for the tasks of the Observatory, which was painted by Brother Camps with Egyptian motifs, achieving a unique space in the city for originality in its design and rigor in treatment.

TELESCOPE OF THE COLLEGE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

City of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina

GENERAL FEATURES :

Galileo telescope or refractor.

Lens : Achromatic
Diameter : 90 mm
Focal distance : 1555 mm = F/17
Tube : Bronze, 1630 mm long search: Optical, 30 mm in diameter. F/18: achromatic with crosshairs.
Assembly : Azimuthal or Universal
Movements : In azimuth and height: Manuela.
Can be raised or retracted by a brass zipper available to any person. The entire team rests on a firm base in the form of wooden tripod. It is easily transportable to any room.

Age : 3 days.
Camera "Praktica" Reflex.
Film TRI-X 400 ASA.
Exposure : 1 / 100 sec. Date: 5/8/08.
Hours : 19:17 to 19:20. Revealed: D.76.
Time : 6 minutes (temperature 20 º)
Extension : Multi-grade paper filter Kentvere bright-orange appearance of the Moon:
Are seen as dark areas Crisis Seas of Tranquility and craters Theophilus, Cyril and Catherine along with many other clearly visible and resolvable with the instrument pointed. Photos taken in the main focus of the telescope.