Halfmann Teleskoptechnik

Infobox_Company
company_name = Halfmann Teleskoptechnik
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company_type = Private
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foundation = 1996
location = Neusäß, Germany
key_people = Oliver Halfmann, Managing Director
industry = Manufacturing
products = Professional telescopes and other astronomical devices, retractable enclosures
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homepage = [http://www.halfmann-teleskoptechnik.com/e_index.htm Halfmann Teleskoptechnik website]

Halfmann Teleskoptechnik is a German based manufacturer of professional robotic telescopes. Halfmann Telescopes have been delivered worldwide for several projects.

Origins and History

The professional branch of the company started in 1996 with delivery of special devices (siderostats) for the European Southern Observatory (ESO).

Projects

Recent telescope projects include the Hamburg Robotic Telescope HRT of the Hamburg observatory, the MONET telescopes installed at McDonald Observatory in Texas and South African Astronomical Observatory in South Africa, STELLA and RoboTel telescopes erected at Izana Observatory in Tenerife and at Potsdam, Germany, and IRIS Infrared telescope to be installed at Cerro Armazones Observatory in Chile. All telescopes are designed for remote and robotic operation.

Sources

* [http://www.halfmann-teleskoptechnik.com/e_index.htm] Halfmann Teleskoptechnik website
* [http://www.hs.uni-hamburg.de/DE/Ins/Per/Hempelmann/HRT/index.html] HRT telescope website
* [http://monet.uni-goettingen.de] MONET telescopes website
* [http://www.aip.de/stella/] STELLA telescopes website