Current Hardware

 

Primary telescope
Type Classical Newtonian
Primary objective diameter 12.5″
317.5mm
0.317m
Focal ratio f/6.0 (Native)
f/6.7 (Para-Corr)
Focal length 1905mm (Native)
2128.6mm (Para-Corr)
Manufacturer Cave Astrola

Primary telescope mount
Type German equitorial
Instrument capacity 220.0 (lb)
100.0 (kg)
Model AP1600
Control system GTOCP4
Manufacturer Astro-Physics

Primary camera
Type Aluma 3200
Imaging CCD Kodak KAF-3200
Pixel array 2184 x 1472 (pixel)
14.9 x 10 (mm)
Pixel size 6.8 x 6.8 (micron)
Anti-blooming No
Manufacturer SBIG (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)

Primary camera filter wheel
Type FW8G-Aluma
Filters Clear (no filter)
Red (Astrodon)
Green (Astrodon)
Blue (Astrodon)
Diffraction grating (200 l/mm, Paton Hawksley)
B   (photometric Johnson/Cousins, Astrodon)
V   (photometric Johnson/Cousins, Astrodon)
Rc (photometric Johnson/Cousins, Astrodon)
Manufacturer SBIG (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)

Planetary/Lunar/Solar camera
Type QHY290M
Imaging CMOS Sony IMX290
Pixel array 1920 x 1080 (pixel)
Pixel size 2.9 x 2.9 (µm)
Anti-blooming Yes
Manufacturer Light Speed Vision (QHYCCD)

Planetary/Lunar/Solar camera filter wheel
Type FW5125V4HS
Filters Luminance (Astronomik)
Red (Astronomik)
Green (Astronomik)
Blue (Astronomik)
UV (300-400 nm, Astrodon)
Manufacturer Xagyl Astronomy
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