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HSC Observatory 17" Planewave CDK 17 with a 0.66 focal reducer and a ZWO ASI6200MM Pro Cooled camera.

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

gprime

rprime

iprime

Halpha

OIII

SII

Open

CLS-CCD

Info

APERTURE: 0.4 m
FOCAL LENGTH: 1949.4 mm
F-RATIO: 4.5
FILTERS: gprime, rprime, iprime, Halpha, OIII, SII, Open, CLS-CCD
CCD SIZE: 9576 x 6388 (3 um pixels)
FOV: 63.5 x 42.4 arcmins
SITE: Hampden-Sydney College Observatory

Recent Images

Observation: 13142998
Exposure: 47505413
Filter: Open
Length: 1.00s
taken 1.4d ago
Observation: 13144930
Exposure: 47512877
Filter: Open
Length: 1.00s
taken 1.5d ago
Observation: 13144912
Exposure: 47512676
Filter: Open
Length: 0.03s
taken 1.5d ago
Observation: 12866376
Exposure: 46950442
Filter: Halpha
Length: 100.00s
taken 1.5d ago
Observation: 12866376
Exposure: 46950441
Filter: Halpha
Length: 100.00s
taken 1.5d ago

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