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

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: 13690396
Exposure: 48493102
Filter: SII
Length: 0.80s
taken 16.3h ago

Observation: 13690389
Exposure: 48493095
Filter: gprime
Length: 0.07s
taken 16.3h ago

Observation: 13682801
Exposure: 48478606
Filter: rprime
Length: 80.00s
taken 16.3h ago

Observation: 13682801
Exposure: 48478605
Filter: gprime
Length: 90.00s
taken 16.4h ago

Observation: 13690407
Exposure: 48493113
Filter: SII
Length: 0.04s
taken 16.4h ago