Equipment

 

Mount

Meade LX200 GPS SMT

Meade Firmware

version 4.2G (frimware patched)

Primary OTA

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

Focuser

  • Optec TCF-S (2”)
  • firmware v 2.3.2
  • Minimum focus step 86 microns

Primary Instrumentation

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

Autoguider OTA

  • Vixen 80 MM ED
  • Focal ratio 7.5 @ 600 mm

Autoguider

Santa Barbara Instruments ST-402

 

System Performance

 

Image Scale (POTA)

1.41” /pixel

Image Scale (GOTA)

3.09" / pixel

Image FOV (POTA)

24' X 24'

Image FOV (GOTA)

39' X 26'

CFZ

220 microns

Site FOV

down to 30' Alt to the south obstructed to the north

Observatory Software

 

Planetarium

TheSky 6 Professional Edition v .052

CCD Control

MPO Connections by Bdw Publishing v 10.xx

Automation

MPO Connections by Bdw Publishing v 10.xx

Image Reduction

CCD Soft 5 v .182

Photometric Analysis

MPO Canopus by Bdw Publishing v 10.xx

 

Facility Layout

 

 

 

 

Contents © 2009 James W Brinsfield / Via Capote Observatory