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Pier-14 Equipment List

Telescope
Takahashi Epsilon E160 F/3.3 Astrograph
Mount
Paramount MX
Camera
ZWO ASI 6200MM Pro CMOS
Filter Wheel
ZWO 50mm 7 Position
Filters
Astronomik 50mm LRGBHOS all 6nm
Guide Camera
n/a
Guider
n/a
Focuser
ZWO EAF
Power & Dew Control
Mount Hub pro V4

Telescope

Kilo for Kilo the best value to performance ratio astrograph on the market in my opinion, if you stick to no larger than a 35mm sensor its just perfect. The FSQ is twice the price for less resolution and the stars are not as good with the new generation small pixel cameras we are now using. Its also blisteringly fast F/3.3 so will get a lot of data in very short order.

 

CMOS Camera

The ZWO ASI-6200MM Pro Mono CMOS is one of Sony's new generation zero ampglow sensors. They are super sensitive with very low noise. Making them a paradym shift from the CCD cameras we are all used to using and require much shorter exposures.

Pier-14 is a very fast F/3.3 when used with a CMOS sensor the longest exposure needed for this pier is 180 seconds

IMX-455

Back illumiated CMOS Sensor
36x24mm
9576x6388pixels
3.76µm

  • 3.89° x 2.6°

  • 1.45"/px

  • 534mm Focal Length

  • F/3.3

  • 25º Imaging Horizon Limits

  • Camera Position Angle: +94º

  • Recommended sub lengths

FilterBrightDim
Lum
10-60s

60-120s

Red
10-60s

60-120s

Green
10-60s

60-120s

Blue
10-60s

60-120s

Ha
60-120s

120-180s

O3
60-120s

120-180s

S2
60-120s

120-180s

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

  • 10s Darks

  • 20s Darks

  • 30s Darks

  • 45s Darks

  • 60s Darks

  • 90s Darks

  • 120s Darks

  • 180s Darks

  • Bias

  • Flat Frames

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