Automation of complex of MTM-500M telescope

The design features and working principles of MTM-500M modernized meniscus Maksutov telescope of Pulkovo observatory are described. During modernization the telescope was equipped with precise remotely read dial devices, and the manual control elements of adjusting turn axes and their clamps were replaced with electromechanical drives. In combination with the programmed control of the complex, the problem of the synchronization of the work of the telescope and dome was solved. Hardware and software make it possible to observe the objects in automatic mode.