Pier-6B Equipment List

Telescope	Askar 180 F/4.5 APO
Mount	10 Microm Gm2000
Camera	Player One Poseidon CMOS Colour Camera
Filter Wheel	Askar 5 Position 2"
Filters	OSC, RGB, Ha/O3, S2/O3 & Swan/Comet
Guide Camera	N/A
Guider	N/A
Focuser	ZWO EAF
Power Control	HitecAstro MHP V4

Telescope

A great little wide field scope that still delivers well even in the corners with an APS-c sized sensor, it punches well above its weight!

CMOS Camera

The Player One Poseidon CMOS Camera Colour CMOS is one of Sony's new generation zero amp glow sensors. They are super sensitive with very low noise.

Recommended sub lengths

Filter	Bright	Dim
OSC	10-60s	60-120s
RGB	30-60s	60-180s
Ha/O3	60-120s	120-300s
S2/O3	60-120s	120-180s
Swan Comet Filter	10-30s	30-60s

Filter characteristics

Although Pier-11 has a OSC Camera we have also added some modern Dual/Tri-band filters, not to mention a Comet filter

IDAS LPS-D3 RGB -

Enhance the contrast of astronomical emission nebulae against a sky with both man-made and natural* sky glow sources, yet preserve the colour balance of broadband objects such as galaxies. As with other IDAS interference filters, the bandpasses are designed to accommodate the steep ray angles of fast optical systems.

Askar Colourmagic HA/OIII & SII/OIII C -

The filter enables the capture of the three main emission nebulae bands using two different filters, whilst suppressing unwanted light pollution. It enables you to capture cleaner data and reduces the post-processing efforts to isolate faint details from the background light pollution

Baader SWAN Comet Filter

The Baader C2 SWAN-Band-Filter with ≤ 15 nm Half-Band-Width isolates the two C2 lines at 511 and 514nm. Making it ideal for a Comet's tails whilst eliminating O3 from the signal.

Bayer Matrix -

When you receive your data, at first glance it may appear green, this is normal because One shot colour cameras have a bayer matrix over the sensor, this particular sensor has a RGGB bayer matrix and you will need to de-bayer it as part of your calibration and stacking process in your chosen software.