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Pier-14 Equipment List

Telescope
Takahashi Epsilon E160 F/3.3 Astrograph
Mount
Paramount MX
Camera
Player One Poseidon Mono CMOS
Filter Wheel
ZWO 50mm 7 Position
Filters
Antlia 50mm LRGBHOS all 3nm
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. 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.

It's also blisteringly fast F/3.3 so will collect lots of data in a very short amount of time.

 

CMOS Camera

The Player One Poseidon Mono CMOS is one of Sony's new generation zero amp glow sensors. They are super sensitive with very low noise. Making them a paradigm shift from the CCD cameras we are all used to using, and require much shorter exposures.

  • Sensor Specifications

IMX-455

Back illumiated CMOS Sensor
36x24mm
9576x6388pixels
3.76µm

  • 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

  • Pier Specifications

  • 3.89° x 2.6°

  • 1.45"/px

  • 534mm Focal Length

  • F/3.3

  • 25º Imaging Horizon Limits

  • Camera Position Angle: +94º

  • 180s Maximum Sub length

  • Calibration Files

  • 10s Darks

  • 20s Darks

  • 30s Darks

  • 45s Darks

  • 60s Darks

  • 90s Darks

  • 120s Darks

  • 180s Darks

  • Bias

  • Flat Frames

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