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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: 13085670
Exposure: 47366723
Filter: Open
Length: 80.00s
taken 21.2d ago
Observation: 13085624
Exposure: 47364881
Filter: Open
Length: 80.00s
taken 21.2d ago
Observation: 13085188
Exposure: 47362475
Filter: Open
Length: 80.00s
taken 21.2d ago
Observation: 13066952
Exposure: 47323132
Filter: Open
Length: 160.00s
taken 21.2d ago
Observation: 13097263
Exposure: 47390679
Filter: Open
Length: 80.00s
taken 21.2d ago

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