Revision as of 12:00, 4 May 2014

Location

Observatory: Siding Spring - Australia - MPC Q62

(TEL T12 0.1m f/5.0 Astrograph + CCD)

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UTC +10:00 New South Wales, Australia Daylight savings time is observed.

Minimum Target Elevation: Approx 30-35° Eastern & 35 - 40° Western horizons.

South 31° 16' 24" East 149° 03' 52" Elevation: 1165m

Operational Notes

Very Wide Field Telescope. Typically used for Wide Field RGB / Narrowband Imaging. FITS and TIF file formats. Dark Frame calibration data is available for 60, 120, 180, 300, 600 second exposures. Binx1 - Binx2.

IMPORTANT NOTES: T12 is externally Guided: Please limit sub-exposure times to 300 seconds or less for best results.

Instrument Package

• CCD: SBIG STL-11000M
• QE: 50% Peak
• Full Well: ~50,000e- Anti Blooming Gate (ABG)
• Dark Current: 0.5 e-/pixel/sec. @ 0º C
• Pixel Size: 9um Square
• Resolution: 3.5 arc-secs/pixel
• Sensor: Frontlit
• Cooling: -20ºC Winter -15ºC Summer
• Array: 4008 by 2672 (10.7 Mega pixels)
• FOV: 155.8 x 233.7 arc-mins
• Filters: Lum, Red, Green, Blue, Ha, SII, OIII
• Position Angle: 003º

Telescope Optics

• OTA: Takahashi FSQ ED*
• Optical Design: Petzval Apochromat Astrograph
• Aperture: 106mm (0.1 metre)
• Focal Length: 530mm (0.53 metre)
• F/Ratio: f/5.0
• Guiding: Internal
• Mount: Paramount PME