Equipment

Details:

ASA 10″ F/3.6 10N ASTROGRAPH OTA

Type of build : newton(reflector)
Aperture : 10 ″(250mm)
Main mirror´s construction : parabolic
Focal length : 900mm
Tube length : 790mm
Secondary mirror : 100mm
Tube material : sandwiched carbon fiber.
ASA astrographs have a fast optical system : F/3.6
Corrector : 3″ Wynne corrector
Focuser : 3″AAF(absolute focuser)
 

CCD - Atik 460EX mono

Horizontal Resolution : 2749 pixels
Vertical Resolution : 2199 pixels
Pixel Size : 4.54  µm x 4.54  µm
ADC : 16 bit
Readout Noise : 5e – typical value
 

Atik EFW 2.2 electronic filter wheel

Carousel : 1.25″
Filters : 1.25″ LRGB Astrodon
              1.25″ OIII, SII 5nm Astrodon, 6nm Ha Astronomic

Lodestar X2 - Autoguider

Sensor type : CCD / ICX829AL Sony Exview interline
Size of chip : 6,4mm x 4,75mm
Pixel size : 8,2 µm
Reading noise : 6e – typical value

German Equatorial Mount - G53f

Incremental Encoder based friction drive
Drive system : PULSAR 2
Real Time PEC function to keep the target within cca 1,5″
Payload : 45 kg