POR - Presidential Observatory Ramersdorf
Jean-Luc Dighaye
An overview of the POR (Presidential Observatory Ramersdorf) is presented in the first
image. The facility comprises a terrace, a part of which is covered
by the neighbour's balcony (upper right)
The main instrument comprises a 200/1600 apochromat "Sabine" and a Celestron C11
"Ritter" attached to an equatorial mount on wheels. When not in use, the instrument
is stored under the balcony and behind a transparent membrane (first image, far right)
mounted on wheels too, and further protected by a flexible cover (the blue bag
visible in a folded configuration).
The astronomical instruments of the EPO Astro Club members are commissioned at POR.
In November-December 2004, we procured a CAM (Celestron Advanced Mount) which can
support compact telescopes, such as Annie Decroix's Tele Vue 101 (image below, Giancarlo
Tomezzoli is inspecting it) and/or Grigorios Pazionis' Ranger. Tripod-mounted
Leica 10x42 BN binoculars are seen to the right.
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