Telescope Status

Telescope Control Sun Weather Dome State Observation RA | Dec

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

uprime

gprime

rprime

iprime

Halpha

OIII

SII

CLS-CCD


Info

APERTURE: 0.4 m
FOCAL LENGTH: 1949.4 mm
F-RATIO: 4.5
FILTERS: uprime, gprime, rprime, iprime, Halpha, OIII, SII, 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: 11731818
Exposure: 44149653
Filter: uprime
Length: 200.00s
taken 12.8h ago

Observation: 11731818
Exposure: 44149652
Filter: uprime
Length: 200.00s
taken 12.8h ago

Observation: 11691410
Exposure: 44070774
Filter: rprime
Length: 0.10s
taken 14.1h ago

Observation: 11657762
Exposure: 43996000
Filter: rprime
Length: 0.10s
taken 14.2h ago

Observation: 11613563
Exposure: 43839218
Filter: rprime
Length: 0.10s
taken 14.2h ago