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Pier 1

656 Imaging AD250 10" Corrected Dall-Kirkham

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Telescope

AD250 Corrected Dall-Kirkham

Camera

ZWO ASI-1600MM Pro Mono CMOS

Mount

10 Microm GM1000

  • Telescope

    AD250 Corrected Dall-Kirkham

  • Camera

    ZWO ASI-1600MM Pro Mono CMOS

  • Mount

    10 Microm GM1000

Equipment List

Telescope
AD250 10" F/6.8 Dall Kirkham
Mount
10 Microm GM1000
Camera
ZWO ASI-1600MM Pro Mono CMOS
Filter Wheel
8 Position
Filters
ZWO LRGB Ha-7nm o3-7nm s2-7nm + DRK
Guide Camera
ZWO ASI-174 - 2x2 Binned
Guider
OAG Integrated
Focuser
FLI Atlas
Power & Dew Control
HitecAstro MHP

Syndicates

  • You are part of a "club" and get to talk to and choose images with other like minded members

  • Get access to 100+ Data sets per year*

  • The ability to place image requests

  • Benefit from equipment and a location far out of reach for most

  • Be an active participant in Roboscopes and make suggestions to make us better

  • Still not sure? Contact of for a free dataset so you can try before you buy :)

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Telescope

At 1678mm this telescope is a brilliant step into medium/long focal length imaging when combined with a smaller 4/3rds sensor. It’s perfect for getting up close and  personal with many of the smaller nebulas and galaxies as well as taking higher resolution shots of interesting sections within much larger ones. It’s a corrected Dall Kirkham with a nice flat field.

If you are a member of one of our Wide-field Syndicates like Pier 13/14 then this scope would complete your needs for multi season imaging as it will take you through galaxy season as well as allow you a whole year of Globs, Planetary Nebs, Boks & Abell's to mention a few things :) :)

Pier-1 is pretty nimble speed wise at F/6.8

CMOS Camera

Just in case you have never used CMOS and have been using CCD like the rest of us for the last million years then let me tell you it requires a different approach, you can forget long subs as the are not needed and at most times detrimental to your image quality. Allowing for CMOS’s sensitivity, higher dynamic range and super low read noise broadband imaging typically 60s is ample and 120s for narrowband, you just needs a lot more of them of course. This camera is set to Unity Gain as our default.

Please note: The maximum sub length we will do on this pier is 600s. Although in our opinion this pier needs no more than 300s for narrowband and simply more subs as CMOS due to its super low noise and sensitivity benefits far more from more shorter subs than the long ones CCD cameras required.

Panasonic MN34230

CMOS Sensor
17.3x13mm
4656x3520pixels
3.8µm
Bayer Matrix Parameters

N/A

  • 0.6° x 0.46°

  • 0.93 "/px @ 2x2 Binning

  • 1678mm Focal Length

  • F/6.8

  • 30º Imaging Horizon Limits

  • Camera Position Angle: 90°

  • Recommended sub lengths

Broadband Imaging

FilterBrightDim
Clear
n/a

n/a

Lum
30-60s

120-300s

Red
30-60s

120-300s

Green
30-60s

120-300s

Blue
30-60s

120-300s

Narrowband Imaging

FilterBrightDim
Ha 7nm
120-180s

240-300s

Hb
n/a

n/a

O3 8.5nm
120-180s

240-300s

S2 8nm
120-180s

240-300s

N2
n/a

n/a

  • Imaging subjects with brighter cores will of course require shorter sub lengths for HDR, your personal experience will be needed to gauge this yourself.

  • Please remember this is only a guide above, we are just trying to help you have the best experience possible remote imaging with Roboscopes.

  • Roboscopes supply the site and control the equipment but you choose everything else from filters, object/co-ordinates to sub lengths. So you need to exercise due diligence and experience when booking because if you fill the booking form out with incorrect details then you will get precisely that.

  • It is not Roboscopes responsibility to check your detailed requirements after you have booked.

  • Filter weights

Get accurate star colours with our filter weights

FilterWeight
Lum

TBA

Red

TBA

Green

TBA

Blue

TBA

Calibration Files

This pier has a FREE calibration library, this includes a dark library that correlates to the most common subs lengths used, see below

  • 5s Darks

  • 10s Darks

  • 20s Darks

  • 30s Darks

  • 45s Darks
  • 60s Darks

  • 90s Darks

  • 120s Darks

  • 180s Darks
  • 240s Darks

  • 300s Darks

  • Flat Frames - L, R, G, B, Ha, o3, S2

Field of view examples

M16 Eagle Nebula

M31 Andromeda Galaxy

M42 Orion Nebula

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