The ASA 1-Meter Telescope – Ultra Wide Field f/1.3 is the ideal platform for ultra wide field imaging and all-sky surveys. It’s designed with precision and fast, on-the-fly adjustments in mind.

Featuring a highly aspheric 5-lens corrector and motorized focusing with absolute encoders, the UWF1000 has an equatorially mounted fork system with direct drive motors and absolute encoders on both axes,

The main mirror and corrector are also equipped with absolute encoders for pinpoint remote collimation.

The UWF1000 ensures precise focus and high-resolution data acquisition of the night sky – in the shortest possible time!

• Optical Design: Ultra Wide Field, prime corrector
• Central Obstruction: 48%
• Focal Length: 1,300 mm
• Focal Ratio: f/1.3
• Clear Aperture / Focal Ratio Primary Mirror: 1,000 mm (39.3 inch) / f/1.3
• Image Field: 84 mm (3.70 degrees)
• Back Focus from Flange: 81 mm
• Mirror Material: Fused Silica
• Image Quality: <4um RMS
• Surface Quality: >80 Strehl
• Micro-roughness: 1.3nm RMS / <0.7nm Ra
• Coating: Al+SiO2 >96%
• Tube Weight: 1,900 kg (4,189 lb.)
• Motor: ASA Direct Drive
• Latitude Range: 20º to 80º
• Software: ASA API (application programming interface) available Autumn 2023. ASA Software (Autoslew, Sequence-windows based) with ASCOM-Alpaca.
• Max. Slew Speed: Up to 50 degrees per second
• Pointing Accuracy (20° to 85°): <8” RMS with pointing model and ASA telescope
• Tracking Accuracy (20° to 85°): <0.25” RMS within 5 minutes tracking time over 5 min 0,05” RMS/min
• System Natural Frequency: 10 Hz or greater