Equipment

 

Mount

Meade LX200 GPS SMT

Meade Firmware

version 4.2g

Primary OTA

  • 356mm (14”) Schmidt-Cassegrain
  • Focal ratio f10.0 @ 3556mm mm

Focuser

  • Optec TCF-S (2”)
  • firmware v 1.21
  • Minimum focus step 86 microns

Primary Instrumentation

  • Alta U6
  • Kodak Grade 2 KAF-1001E
  • 1024X 1024 array / 24um pixels

Autoguider OTA

  • Fluorite Apochromat Takahashi FS-60C
  • Focal ratio 4.5 @ 407 mm (with Sky 90 flatner/reducer)

Autoguider

Santa Barbara Instruments ST-402

 

System Performance

 

Image Scale (POTA)

1.41”

Image FOV (POTA)

24” X 24”

CFZ

220 microns

Site FOV

 

 

Observatory Software

 

Planetarium

TheSky 6 Professional Edition v .052

CCD Control

MPO Connections by Bdw Publishing v 9.4.0.4

Automation

MPO Connections by Bdw Publishing v 9.4.0.4

Image Reduction

CCD Soft 5 v .182

Photometric Analysis

MPO Canopus by Bdw Publishing v 9.4.0.4

 

General Workflow

 

 

 

 

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