Pier-9

Stand Alone Syndicate

This pier is not part of our standard syndicate offerings as its my own personal system and I want to build a small group of people who want to image different things rather than run-of-the-mill objects we see a million times a year.

Galaxies, Arps etc
SNR Research
high resolution images of small interesting objects
interesting sections of larger objects

The ethos is about quality rather than quantity, as this telescope offers a firm footing into long focal length imaging

This pier will have a maximum of 5 individual members making 6 in total with RoboAdmin team, once that quota is reached I will close the membership page.

We would very much like to runthis one more as a like minded group where members suggest, decide and vote on what's entered into the pier queue, to that end I will either open a dedicated Discord/telegram section where this can be done

Telescope

Very few people have a long enough focal length telescope and Skies to image up close and personal but this one at 2720mm when combined with a an APS-c CMOS sensor manages to juggle FOV while still keeping a decent image scale of smaller objects like planetary nebula, globs and other interesting objects. We have left the camera at 1x1 binning when imaging so users can software bin in post processing to suit the seeing etc.

We do not guarantee that you can leave this setup at 1x1bin to process your image as 2x2 & 3x3 binning gives more appropriate sampling with this focal length

Please note: The maximum sub length we will do on this pier is 900s but this is only for special projects, mainly 300s is long enough for most objects

Recommended sub lengths

Broadband Imaging

Filter	Bright	Dim
Clear	n/a	n/a
Lum	n/a	n/a
Red	30-120s	120-300s
Green	30-120s	120-300s
Blue	30-120s	120-300s

Narrowband Imaging

Filter	Bright	Dim
Ha 3nm	120-180s	180-300s
O3 3nm	60-180s	180-300s
S2 3nm	60-180s	180-300s
He2	120-180s	180-300s
HB	n/a	n/a
N2	n/a	n/a

CMOS Camera

I went with the Player One Poseidon as in my opinion it offers far lower noise and better build quality than similar brands most people are buying, it has much less banding, it's use of rolling over global shutter is far superior also

Equipment List

Telescope	16" F/6.8 Corrected Dall-Kirkham
Mount	ASA DDM85XL
Camera	ZWO 2600 MM Pro Mono CMOS
Filter Wheel	ZWO 50mm 7 Position
Filters	Antlia 36mm Unmounted RGBHOS 3nm + 10nm HE2
Guide Camera	ZWO ASI-174 Mini
Guider	ZWO OAG
Focuser	Optec Gemini 85
Power & Dew Control	Mount Hub Pro V4