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1.2m Cassegrain Telescope - Kryoneri Observatory
The Institute operates a 1.2m Cassegrain telescope, currently the main observing instrument. It is located in the Astronomical Station Kryoneri in the Northern Peloponnese. The station is on the top of the mountain Kilini (1000m above the sea level), at about 110km westward from Athens.

The 1.2m telescope dome
The 1.2m telescope dome in Kryoneri
The 1.2m Cassegrein
The 1.2m Cassegrain

2.3m Ritchey-Chretien Telescope "Aristarchos" - Chelmos Observatory
The new telescope project
The New Telescope
"ARISTARCHOS" (project)
The new telescope of the IAA, a 2.3m Ritchey-Chretien reflector, is under final tests by Carl Zeiss Jena. The new site that hosts the telescope, is located on the top of Chelmos mountain (2350m) in Northern Peloponnese, at about 150km westward from Athens.

The Astronomical Station Chelmos
A panoramic winter photo of the Chelmos mountain top
(overimposed is an artistic vision of the new dome)
 





The two old refractors, the 40cm Doridis in Thiseio site and the 62cm Newall at Penteli Station are used only by the Visitor Centre of the IAA for educational purposes and for public outreach.





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