The MOSS telescope has a large field of view and is mainly devoted to new minor planets search. The telescope has a 0.50m parabolic prime mirror and is used at prime focus with a Wynne corrector (f3.0). The detector is a ZWO ASI6200MM Pro with the Sony Full-Frame IMX455 (previous Sbig STX16803 with the Kodak KAF16803). Theoretical resolution in BIN1 is 0.52 arcsec/pixel, but normally use with BIN4 that means 2.0 arcsec/pixel. The FOV is 1.38 x 0.92 degrees.

The MOSS telescope is used in remote control. It is operated by the three partners in Morroco, France and Switzerland.

Photo MOSS observatory
Photo MOSS observatory
Photo MOSS observatory
Photo MOSS observatory

Mirror cleaning (october 2024)

Photo MOSS observatory
Photo MOSS observatory
Photo MOSS observatory