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Telescope

AD300 Corrected Dall-Kirkham

Camera

QSI 726 Mono

Mount

10 Micron GM2000

Pier-2 Equipment List

Telescope
AD300 12" F/6.8 Dall Kirkham
Mount
10 Micron GM2000
Camera
Player One Poseidon CMOS Camera
Filter Wheel
ZWO 7 Position
Filters
Baader 50mm LRGB Ha-7nm o3-8nm s2-8nm
Guide Camera
ZWO 174 Mini
Guider
ZWO OAG Integrated
Focuser
FLI Atlas Electronic
Power & Dew Control
Mount Hub Pro V4

Telescope

This is a Peter Shah "656 telescopes" Corrected Dall Kirkham with a nice flat field and a moderate speed for the aperture at F6.8, at 2015mm it's a great focal length.

Please note: The maximum sub length we will do on this pier is 300s

Camera

The Player One Poseidon CMOS Camera 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.

Sony IMX571

Back illuminated CMOS Sensor
23.5x15.7mm
6248x4176pixels
3.76µm

  • 1.02° x 0.68°

  • 0.38"/px@1x1 - software binning to 2x2

  • 2015mm Focal Length

  • F/6.8

  • 30º Imaging Horizon Limits

  • Camera Position Angle: 271°

  • Recommended sub lengths

FilterBrightDim
Lum
30-120s

120-240s

Red
30-120s

120-240s

Green
30-120s

120-240s

Blue
30-120s

120-240s

Ha
60-120s

120-300s

O3
60-120s

120-300s

S2
60-120s

120-300s

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

  • 30s Darks
  • 45s Darks
  • 60s Darks
  • 120s Darks
  • 180s Darks
  • 240s Darks

  • 300s Darks

  • Bias Frames

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

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