Equipment

The observatory is outfitted with sophisticated telescopes and cameras. The summary:

Telescopes:

  1. In the main observatory dome, there is a RCOS Ritchey Chretien 20″ scope, on a Paramount ME mount.
  2. In the second dome, the “Dall House”, there is a PlaneWave 17″ Dall Kirkham scope, on a Paramount ME II mount.
  3. The Observation deck of the observatory holds an Intes Micro 10″ Mak MC 203/ 2030, which goes on the AP 900 GTO mount.

Cameras:

  1. Apogee U9000 Imaging Camera: with 3056 x 3056 pixels at 12 microns, this imager sports a very large chip size.
  2. STF-8300 Color, full frame CCD: based on Kodak’s KAF-8300, 8.3 megapixel, with a 3326 x 2504 pixel array at 5.4 microns.
  3. SBIG STX-16801 Non Anti-Blooming CCD Ccamera.
RCOS Ritchey-Chretien 20”
RCOS Ritchey-Chretien 20”
PlaneWave CDK 17″ Dall Kirkham
PlaneWave CDK 17″ Dall Kirkham
Intes Micro 10 teleescope
Intes Micro 10 teleescope
10″ Dobsonian, on the Observation Deck
10″ Dobsonian, on the Observation Deck
Software Bisque Paramount ME and ME II
Software Bisque Paramount ME and ME II
Apogee U9000 CCD Camera
Apogee U9000 CCD Camera
SBIG STF-8300C CCD Camera
SBIG STF-8300C CCD Camera
SBIG STX-16801 Non Anti-Blooming CCD Ccamera
SBIG STX-16801 Non Anti-Blooming CCD Ccamera
Technical Innovations Pro Dome 15′
Technical Innovations Pro Dome 15′
Ash Dome
Ash Dome