iTelescope - T11 - Deep Space - New Mexico
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Location Information
Observatory: New Mexico Skies at Mayhill, New Mexico - MPC H06
Telescope: 0.50-m f/6.8 reflector + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer
Timezone: UTC Minus 7:00. Daylight savings time is observed
Minimum Target Elevation: Approx 20 Degrees
N 32° 54’ Decimal: 32.9 North
W 105° 31’ Decimal: 105.5 West
Elevation: 2,225 metres (7,298 ft)
Operational Notes
Deep Field. Hybrid Missions. Typically used for Photometry and Imaging. FITS and TIF file formats. Dark Frame calibration data is available for 60, 120, 180, 300, 600 second exposures. Binx1 - Binx2. Recommended Maximum Exposure 600 seconds. Raw data can be found at data.itelescope.net.
- T11 is fitted with a 0.66 Focal reducer.
- The Planewave Ascension 200HR mount is so accurate whilst tracking that iTelescope Admin have disabled active guidance, with a corresponding decrease in session setup time when imaging.
- T11 is a DEEP field telescope and its mission can be both an excellent imaging platform or do powerful science with photometrics.
- T11 is a major photon hunting science machine on the iTelescope network. This instrument can deliver pin-sharp images during 300-600 second unguided exposures, reaching magnitudes as low as 21.5 without too much effort.
Instrument Package
CCD: FLI ProLine PL11002M CCD camera
QE: 51% Peak
Full Well: ~60,000e- Anti Blooming Gate (ABG)
Dark Current: <.03 e-/pixel/sec. @ -35º C
Pixel Size: 9um Square
Resolution: 0.81 arc-secs/pixel
Sensor: Frontlit
Cooling: Set to -30ºC default
Array: 4008 by 2672 (10.7 Megapixels)
FOV: 36.2 x 54.3 arc-mins
Filters: AstroDon - Luminance, Red, Green, Blue. 3nm Ha3_50R, Sii3_50R, Oiii_50R. U, B, V, R, I
Position Angle: 271º
Telescope Optics
OTA: Planewave 20" (0.51m) CDK
Optical Design: Corrected Dall-Kirkham Astrograph
Aperture: 510mm
Focal Length: 2280mm (0.66 Focal Reducer Fitted)
F/Ratio: f/4.5
Guiding: Active Guiding Disabled
Mount: Planewave Ascension 200HR
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Astrometrica - T11 Config FIle
T11 Transformation Coefficients
Tub= 1.086 ; standard deviation=.009
Tbv= 1.106 ; standard deviation= .018
Tvr= 1.057 ; standard deviation= .017
Tri= 0.933 ; standard deviation= .006
Tu= 0.103 ; standard deviation= .014
Tb= 0.017 ; standard deviation= .006
Tv= -0.133 ; standard deviation= .010
Tr= -0.211 ; standard deviation= .019
These use the definitions as follows with lower case being instrument magnitudes and upper case being reference magnitudes of NGC 7790 from Arne Henden at http://binaries.boulder.swri.edu/fields/ngc7790.html
Tu= slope of (U-u)/(U-B)
Tb= slope of (B-b)/(B-V)
Tv= slope of (V-v)/(V-R)
Tr= slope of (R-r)/(R-I)
Tij=1 / slope of (i-j)/(I-J)