TÜBİTAK_National_Observatory

TÜBİTAK National Observatory

TÜBİTAK National Observatory

Observatory

TÜBİTAK National Observatory (Turkish: TÜBİTAK Ulusal Gozlemevi, TUG) is a ground-based astronomical observatory operated by the TUG Institute of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). Established in 1991, it is located at an altitude of 2,450 m (8,040 ft) in Bakırtepe, around 50 km (31 mi) west-southwest of Antalya in southern Turkey.

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There are five telescopes installed in Bakırtepe:

Discoveries

Scientists led by a Turkish astronomer from Ankara University discovered an exoplanet orbiting the giant star HD 208897, which is located at a distance of some 210 light years from the Earth.[8] The exoplanet has a minimum mass of 1.4 Jupiter masses, and rotates its parent star from about 1.05 AU (156,000,000 km (97,000,000 mi)) away in every 353 days on a nearly circular orbit. The discovery is the result of a ten-year-long research work of precise radial-velocity method carried out by using the Coude Echelle Spectrograph (CES) installed on the 1.5-meter Russian-Turkish Telescope (RTT150). Follow-up observations at the Okayama Astrophysical Observatory (OAO) in Japan and the Ankara University Kreiken Observatory (AUKR) confirmed the discovery, which was made public on August 6, 2017.[9]

References

  1. [1]
    "RTT150 Teleskobu" (in Turkish). TUG-TÜBİTAK. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
  2. [2]
    "RTT150 Russian-Turkish 1.5-m Telescope". Head Iki. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
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    "T100 Teleskobu" (in Turkish). TUG-TÜBİTAK. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
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    "T60 Teleskobu" (in Turkish). TUG-TÜBİTAK. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
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    "YT40 Teleskobu (2006-2008)" (in Turkish). TUG-TÜBİTAK. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
  6. [6]
    "LX200 Series". Meade Instruments. Archived from the original on 2013-01-19. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
  7. [7]
    "ROTSEIIID Teleskobu" (in Turkish). TUG-TÜBİTAK. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
  8. [8]
    "Turkish scientists discover a planet for the first time". Daily Sabah. 2017-08-13. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  9. [9]
    Nowakowski, Tomasz report (2017-08-10). "Jupiter-mass planet orbiting giant star discovered". PHYS ORG. Retrieved 2017-08-21.


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