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Pier-4

Telescope

Takahashi's introduction of a new range of reducer/correctors has reinvented the FSQ, It was the defacto small astrograph of a generation but the existing reducers were showing their age and the competition had caught up. Not any more, these new CMOS small pixels optimized accessories have made this scope once again head and shoulders above the competition, putting the FSQ back where it belongs at the top of the pile :)

Player One's Zues 35mm Mono CMOS camera and matching & position 50mm Unmounted wheel make a deadly combination with the focal length scope, perfect for imaging, survey & research

Pier-4 is a very fast F/3.6 when used with a CMOS sensor, the longest exposure needed for this pier is 300 seconds

Recommended sub lengths

FilterBrightDim
Luminance
30-120

120-180

RGB
30-1200s

120-180

Ha
60-120s

120-300s

03
60-120s

120-300s

S2
60-120s

120-300s

Calibration Files

  • 10s Darks

  • 20s Darks
  • 30s Darks

  • 60s Darks

  • 90s Darks

  • 120s Darks

  • 180s Darks

  • 240s Darks

  • 300s Darks

  • Bias Frames

  • Flat Frames

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Pier Equipment

Telescope
Takahashi FSQ106ED & F/3.6 645 Reducer
Mount
Paramount ME
Camera
Player One Zues Pro Mono
Filter Wheel
Player One 7 Position
Filters
Astronomik LRGBHOS 6nm
Guide Camera
ZWO 120 Mini
Guider
Player One OAG
Focuser
ZWO EAF
Power Control
HitecAstro MHP V4

Pier Specifications

  • 5.4º x 3.61º
  • 2.03"/px

  • 381mm Focal Length

  • F/3.6

  • 25º Imaging Horizon Limits

  • Camera Position Angle: 269°

  • 300s Maximum Sub Length

Sensor Specs

Sony IMX455
Back Illuminated CMOS Sensor
23.5x15.7mm
9576x6388 pixels
3.76µm

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