iTelescope - T17 - Deep Sky Imaging - Siding Spring Observatory, Australia
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Location Information
Observatory: iTelescope.Net at Siding Spring Observatory Australia - MPC Q62
Telescope: 0.43-m f/6.8 reflector + CCD)
Timezone: UTC +10:00 New South Wales, Australia Daylight savings time is observed.
Minimum Target Elevation: Approx. 20° West - 35° North & South - 55° East
South 31° 16' 24" East 149° 04' 11"
Elevation: 1118m MPC Code Q62
Operational Notes
Deep Field astrophotography. Clear, LRGB, Ha, OIII, SII filters.
Raw data can be found at data.itelescope.net.
- Maximum Exposure 240 seconds unguided.
- Only Bin2 available
- calibrated darks available for 240 sec
Instrument Package
CMOS: ZWO ASI 6200MM Pro
QE: 91% Peak (~475nm)
Full Well: 51.4k e-
Gain: 0.25 e- ADU-¹
Dark Current: 0.003 e-/pixel/sec. @ 0º C
Readout Noise: 1.5 e- rms
Pixel Size: 3.76um Square
Resolution: 0.531 arcsec/pixel (Bin2)
Sensor: Sony IMX455
Cooling: -10C default
Array: 9576 x 6388 pixels (Bin1), 4788 x 3194 (Bin2)
FOV: 42.4 x 28.3 arcmin
Filters:
Astrodon: Luminance, Clear
Astrodon: Red-E. Green-E. Blue-E.
Astrodon: Ha 5nm, 5nm OIII, 5nm, SII
Position Angle: 84.2º E of N
Telescope Optics
OTA: Planewave 17" CDK
Optical Design: Corrected Dall-Kirkham Astrograph
Aperture: 432mm
Focal Length: 2939mm
F/Ratio: f/6.8
Guiding: External
Mount: Paramount PME
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