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Pier 2 - Medium FOV

656 Imaging AD300 12" Corrected Dall-Kirkham

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Telescope

This is a corrected Dall Kirkham with a nice flat field and a moderate speed for the aperture at F6.8, at 2017mm its a great focal length but in this case we have combined it with a KAF-16803 which allows high resolution imaging combined with a substantial FOV. This brings a whole host of larger subjects into play at a much larger aperture without breaking your imaging budget.

Pier-2 is pretty nimble at F/6.8, so when combined with our skies 1200 seconds is the longest sub we do

Camera

A Moravian G4 16803 Large format sensor with a very useful 9µm pixel size that you can bin 2x2 on longer focal lengths like this while still keeping plenty of pixels in reserve

All large glass Kodak sensors (apart from class 0) will have hot pixels and column defects which are completly normal, when you combine dithering, the supplied calibration frames and good user software calibration practices they are a none issue in the final image.

Equipment List

Telescope	AD300 12" F/6.8 Dall Kirkham
Mount	Paramount ME
Camera	Moravian G4 1600 KAF16803 Mono CCD 2x2 Binned
Filter Wheel	Moravian 7 Position
Filters	Astrodon 50mm LRGB Ha-5nm o3-5nm s2-5nm
Guide Camera	Lodestar 2 - 2x2 Binned
Guider	Moravian OAG Integrated
Focuser	FLI Atlas Electronic
Power & Dew Control	Mount Hub Pro V4

KAF-16803

Front Iluminated Sensor
36.8x36.8mm
4096x4096pixels
9µm

Bayer Matrix Parameters

N/A

1.05° x 1.05°
1.84 "/px @ 2x2 Binning
2017mm Focal Length
F/6.8
30º Imaging Horizon Limits
Camera Position Angle: 89°

Recommended sub lengths

Broadband Imaging

Filter	Bright	Dim
Clear	n/a	n/a
Lum	180-600s	600-1200s
Red	180-600s	600-1200s
Green	180-600s	600-1200s
Blue	180-600s	600-1200s

Narrowband Imaging

Filter	Bright	Dim
Ha 7nm	300-900s	900-1200s
Hb	n/a	n/a
O3 8.5nm	300-900s	900-1200s
S2 8nm	300-900s	900-1200s
N2	n/a	n/a

Imaging subjects with brighter cores will of course require shorter sub lengths for HDR, your personal experience will be needed to gauge this yourself.
Please remember this is only a guide above, we are just trying to help you have the best experience possible remote imaging with Roboscopes.
Roboscopes supply the site and control the equipment but you choose everything else from filters, object/co-ordinates to sub lengths. So you need to exercise due diligence and experience when booking because if you fill the booking form out with incorrect details then you will get precisely that.
It is not Roboscopes responsibility to check your detailed requirements after you have booked.

Filter weights

Get accurate star colours with our filter weights

	Filter	Weight
	Red	TBA
	Green	TBA
	Blue	TBA

Calibration Files

This pier has a FREE calibration library, this includes a dark library that correlates to the most common subs lengths used, see below

30s Darks
45s Darks
60s Darks
120s Darks
180s Darks
240s Darks
300s Darks
600s Darks
900s Darks
1200s Darks
1800s Darks
Bias Frames
Flat Frames - L, R, G, B, Ha, o3, S2

If you choose more individual sub lengths eg 550s, then darks are not included in the price and are taken for you on an individual basis. Please add darks to your imaging run in checkout.

Field of view examples

M16 The Eagle Nebula

M31 Andromedea Galaxy

M42 The Orion Nebula

Proud to use

FLI
656 Imaging
10 Micron
Planewave
ZWO

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802 Kingsbury Road
Birmingham
B24 9PS
United Kingdom

Pier 2 - Medium FOV

656 Imaging AD300 12" Corrected Dall-Kirkham

Syndicates

Telescope

Camera

Telescope

Camera

Mount

Telescope

Camera