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| Name: Neelam J S S V Prasad Affiliation: Physical Research Laboratory Conference ID: ASI2018_1714 Title : PRL 2.5m Telescope Authors and Co-Authors : Kapil Kumar, Rishikesh Sharma, Abhijit chakraborty Physical Research Laboratory, Abstract Type : Poster Abstract Category : Instrumentation and Techniques Abstract : Importance and usefulness of small size telescopes in the age of large and extremely large telescopes are still significant. Few sciences which need a significant amount of telescope time can be realized with small telescopes only. “PRL 2.5 m telescope†is going to be installed in Mt Abu by end of 2019. Main science objectives of 2.5 m telescope are • Detection of extrasolar planetary systems, • Infrared photometric and spectroscopic studies of Super-Novae and Novae-like stellar phenomena • Multiwavelength studies of Galactic and extra-galactic compact sources An overview of the telescope subsystems and important specification of the telescope and the backend end instruments that are developing in PRL for the 2.5 m telescope will be presented. (PARAS 2 Stabilized High-Resolution Fiber-fed Spectrograph (380nm – 690nm) For high precision Radial Velocity measurements (~50cm/s) and WFC (Wide Field Camera) 20arcmin x 20 arcmin: For precision photometry at sub-milli-mag accuracy and as well as Faint Object UBVRI photometry) |