Pier-26

Telescope & Camera

AD300 12" F/6.8 Dall Kirkham

This is a Peter Shah built "656 telescopes" Corrected Dall Kirkham with a nice flat field and a moderate speed for the aperture at F6.8.

At 2015mm it's a great focal length that opens up a different type of imaging like galaxy & planetary nebula whilst still allowing you to be able to image some of the medium size emission nebula.

The Player One Poseidon Mono CMOS is one of Sony's new generation zero amp glow sensors. They are super sensitive with very low noise. Making them a paradigm shift from the CCD cameras we are all used to using and require much shorter exposures

Recommended sub lengths

	Filter	Bright	Dim
	Broadband	10-120s	120-300s
	Narrowband	60-180s	180-300s

Calibration Files

10s Darks
20s Darks
30s Darks
45s Darks
60s Darks
90s Darks
120s Darks
180s Darks
240s Darks
300s Darks
Bias Frames
Flat Frames

The following calibration files are available as standard with this system. Other darks are available upon request.

Inside the Observatory

Pier Description & Specification

Telescope	AD300 12" F/6.8 Dall Kirkham
Mount	Paramount ME
Camera	Player One Poseidon Mono
Filter Wheel	Player One 7 Position
Filters	LRGBHOS
Guide Camera	Player One
Guider	Player One OAG
Focuser	Fli Atlas
Power Control	Pegasus Ultimate Powerbox