iTelescope - T9 - Wide Field - Australia
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Location Information
Observatory: iTelescope.Net at Siding Spring Observatory Australia - MPC Q62
Telescope: T9 0.127m f/5.6 Refractor + CCD
Timezone: UTC +10:00 New South Wales, Australia Daylight savings time is observed.
Minimum Target Elevation: Approx 20° & 45° Northern to Eastern horizons.
South 31° 16' 24" East 149° 03' 52"
Elevation: 1122m MPC Code Q62
Operational Notes
T9 is a wide-field imaging system dedicated to the astro-imager. The flat-field, fast focal ratio, and short focal length of the Tele Vue NP127fli is a perfect match for the FLI ProLine PL16803 camera. Together they produce beautifully sharp stars across its over 3° field of view.
T9's mechanical manual focuser has been replaced with a solid adapter and an FLI Atlas power focuser unit. This provides a rigid, flex-free connection to the imaging train and rigidly maintains the system’s optical alignment. This telescope also includes Tele Vue’s Large Field Corrector lens properly positioned at the rear of the adapter to deliver optimal star images across the field of its large-format CCD camera.
Wide Field Telescope. Typically used for Wide Field RGB / Narrowband Imaging. FITS and TIF file formats. Dark Frame calibration data is available for 900 second exposures; Binx1 - Binx2 (these should be scaled to any shorter exposures, if manually calibrating). Raw data can be found at data.itelescope.net.
T9 features a high quality Large Format FLI CCD. Its advanced technology Micron10 mount allows long duration exposures without active guidance.
Instrument Package
CCD: FLI Proline 16803 - Grade 1 
QE: 60% Peak - Monochrome
Full Well: 100,000e- Anti Blooming Gate (ABG)
Dark Current: 0.01 e-/pixel/sec. @ -30º C
Pixel Size: 9um Square
Resolution: 2.75 arc-secs/pixel
Sensor: Frontlit
Cooling: -20ºC
Array: 4096 by 4096 (16 Mega pixels)
FOV: 188 x 188arc-mins
Filters: Astrodon - Lum, Red, Green, Blue, Ha, SII, OIII
Position Angle: Approx 0º
Telescope Optics
OTA: Tele Vue NP127fli Refractor
Optical Design: 4-Element Nagler-Petzval APO Astrograph
Aperture: 127mm (0.127 metre)
Focal Length: 680mm (0.68 metre)
F/Ratio: f/5.3
Guiding: Not Active
Mount: 10Micron 2000 HPS
Telescope Horizon Limits
South: 34°
North: 45°
East: 32°
West: 15°
