Via Capote Observatory

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