T12
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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
