The STARE telescope has been successfully deployed on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. This site was chosen for its improved atmospheric conditions and to better facilitate network observations in cooperation with similar programs at Lowell Observatory and at NASA/Ames. It should be noted that none of this would be possible without the knowledge and collaboration of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias.


Construction of the Dome

The new home of the STARE telescope is a 10.5' partially-automated Ash dome. During operation the dome is 'slaved' to the telescope mount. Both telescope and dome are controlled by the software package "Point", developed at HAO by A. Lecinski. CCD calibration and nightly field acquisition are now much less time-consuming as to not over-burden already busy site operators. Following is a short photo history of the construction process. Does this look easy?


Here is the completed dome, ready to track the heavens on each clear night:



New Images

This is M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, as imaged by the STARE telescope in its new location.


This is the STARE field of observation in the constellation of Cygnus.