Kyiv Internet Telescope - Equipment
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Equipment
- KIT: optical tube
Model: Celestron 1400 XLT Type: Shmidt-Cassegrain Material: aluminium Diameter: 355 mm (14 inch) System focal ratio: F/11 Focusing system: main mirror move Weight: 20.4 kg - The mount
Model: WS240GT Type: German equatorial Motors: Brush Commutated DC Motors Speed: up to 10 deg/sec Pointing accuracy (with
pointing model):1.7 arcmin Weight: 48 kg - Camera 1
Model: QImaging Rolera MGi CCD: CCD97 Array size: 512 x 512 pixels CCD type: back-illuminated Pixel size: 16 microns Pixel scale: 0.844 arcsec/pixels Field of view: 8.55 x 8.55 arcmin Full well: 240,000e- (1x1); 800,000e- (2x2, non-EM mode) Read-out noise: <1 e- rms in EM mode Readout Frequency: 10, 5MHz (EM mode); 5, 1MHz (normal mode) Dark current: 0.5 e-/pix/s Digital Output: 14 bits Cooling: -25б°C below ambient Weight: 3.18 kg - Camera 2
Model: SBIG ST-8XME CCD: KAF-1603ME Array size: 1530x1020 pixels (13.8 x 9.2 mm) Pixel size: 9 microns Pixel scale: 0.475 arcsec/pixels Field of view: 12.1x7.65 arcmin Full well: 100,000 electrons Gain: 1.5 el/ADU Peak QE: 85% at 650 nm Read-out noise: 17e. RMS electrons Read-out time: ~2 seconds with USB 2.0 Dark current: 1e./pixel/sec at 0б° C Cooling: -35б°C below ambient Temperature stability: 0.1б°C Weight: 0.6kg - The filter wheel
Model: Own design Filter type: diameter 32 mm filters Max. filter thickness: 7 mm Weight: 1.3 kg (1wheel with 8 filters) Filters (wheel 1): Johnson/Cousins BVRcIc U Electronic: Controller for Filters and Autofocus - Software
Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP Pro Observation schedule: CCENTER (own development) Telescope control: Telescope (own development) Camera control: QCam (own development) Filter wheel control: Filters (own development) Focus control: Autofocus (own development) Plate solving: Platesolvexp Standard driver: ASCOM
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