Telescope Status

Telescope Control Sun Weather Dome State Observation RA | Dec

HSC Observatory 17" Planewave Ritchey-Chretien


News and Events

New Planewave 0.66 focal reducer

  • August 15, 2023 - 20:36:17

As of August 15, 2023 we have installed a focal reducer.   Thus, all calibration that has taken place before is no long er applicable.


New Camera Bin to 3x3

  • April 24, 2023 - 00:48:16

We got a new camera for the HSC telescope.  The pixels are very small, so bin it to 3x3.

We have a focal reducer or order, so the field of view will increase this summer.


Filters

uprime

gprime

rprime

iprime

V

Halpha

OIII

SII

CLS-CCD


Info

APERTURE: 0.4 m
FOCAL LENGTH: 1959.0 mm
F-RATIO: 4.5
FILTERS: uprime, gprime, rprime, iprime, V, Halpha, OIII, SII, CLS-CCD
CCD SIZE: 9576 x 6388 (3 um pixels)
FOV: 63.2 x 42.1 arcmins
SITE: Hampden-Sydney College Observatory

Recent Images

Observation: 9457075
Exposure: 37804994
Filter: CLS-CCD
Length: 80.00s
taken 109.1d ago

Observation: 9178293
Exposure: 37344831
Filter: rprime
Length: 60.00s
taken 156.0d ago

Observation: 9178293
Exposure: 37344830
Filter: rprime
Length: 60.00s
taken 156.0d ago

Observation: 9178293
Exposure: 37344829
Filter: rprime
Length: 60.00s
taken 156.0d ago

Observation: 9178293
Exposure: 37344828
Filter: rprime
Length: 60.00s
taken 156.0d ago