Shared Skies
Moore - Mt. Kent - Mt. Lemmon
Current Telescopes and Instrumentation
| Instrument Name → Feature ↓ |
Star | FSQ | Nikon | CDK20 | AZ20 | MORC | Manner | CDK700 | Baaches Echelle | Fiber Echelle |
| Application | Real time imaging | Wide field photometry and imaging |
Stars in color | Robotic photometry Imaging |
Fast imaging Spectroscopy† |
Precision photometry Spectroscopy* |
Precision photometry Infrared imaging |
Precision photometry Imaging |
Spectroscopy* | Bright star spectroscopy† |
| Optics | Takahashi TOA 150 |
Takahashi FSQ106-ED Flat field Petzval |
Nikon 9-element lens |
Planewave CDK20 Corrected Dall-Kirkham |
RC Optical Ritchie-Chretien |
RC Optical Ritchie-Chretien |
RC Optical Ritchie-Chretien |
Planewave CDK700 Corrected Dall-Kirkham |
Cross-dispersed echelle | Asymmetric reflecting 316 g/mm echelle |
| Aperture f-ratio |
15 cm f/7 |
10.6 cm f/5 |
6.1 cm f/1.4 |
51 cm f/6.8 |
51 cm f/8.0 |
61 cm f/8.0 |
61 cm f/8.0 |
70 cm f/6.5 |
5 cm f/10.0 |
20 cm f/8 |
| Focal length | 110 cm | 53.0 cm | 8.5 cm | 345.4 cm | 400.0 cm | 480.0 cm | 480.0 cm | 451.6 cm | ~25 cm | ~1 m |
| Image scale | 188 "/mm | 389 "/mm | 2400 "/mm | 60 "/mm | 52 "/mm | 43 "/mm | 43 "/mm | 46 "/mm | ||
| Camera | Sony Alpha a7 III | SBIG STXL 6303 north SBIG STL 6303 south |
Moore Nikon D3s Mt. Kent Nikon D200 |
SBIG STX-16803 | ASI ZWO 16200 | Apogee U16M | SBIG STX-16803 | Apogee U16M | ASI ZWO 183MM | Apogee U9 |
| Detector | Sony CMOS | On Semi KAF-6303E | Nikon CMOS | On Semi KAF-16803 | Sony IMX455 CMOS | On Semi KAF-16803 | On Semi KAF-16803 | On Semi KAF-16803 | Sony IMX183 CMOS | On Semi KAF-9000 |
| Array | 6000 x 4000 | 33072 x 2048 | D3s 4288 x 2844 D200 3296 x 2472 |
4096 x 4096 | 9578 x 6388 | 4096 x 4096 | 4096 x 4096 | 4096 x 4096 | 5496 x 3672 | 3056 x 3056 |
| Pixel size | 6 microns | 9 microns | D3s 8.4 microns D200 6.1 microns |
9 microns | 3.76 microns | 9 microns | 9 microns | 9 microns | 2.4 microns | 12 microns |
| Pixel scale | 1.13 "/pixel 0.45 "/pixel (2.5x) |
3.50 "/pixel | D3s 20.2 "/pixel D200 14.6 "/pixel |
0.54 "/pixel | 0.20 "/pixel | 0.39 "/pixel | 0.39 "/pixel | 0.41 "/pixel | ~0.2 Å/bin | ~0.02 Å/pixel |
| Field | 1.9° x 1.3° | 2.99° x 1.99° south | D3s 24.0° x 16.0° D200 15.7° x 10.5° |
36.9' x 36.9' | 36.9' x 36.9' | 26.6' x 26.6' | 26.6' x 26.6' | 27.3' x 27.3' | 4000 Å x 2.1' | 60 Å |
| Resolution | 2.5" 1.0" (2.5x) |
7.0" | D3s 40" D200 29" |
1.1" | 1.1" | 0.78" | 0.78" | 0.82" | 0.33 Å (18,000) | ~0.04 Å (~150,000) |
| Notes | Bayer-mask RGB | Sloan Hα RGB-color north Johnson-Cousins south |
Bayer-mask RGB BW489 (IR Block) |
Sloan bb V S[II] Hα O[III] Hβ |
Johnson Cousins S[II] Hα O[III] Hβ |
Sloan bb C | Sloan C Open | Sloan bb C He S[II] Hα O[III] C |
Spectrograph Cross dispersed |
Spectrograph Order selected |
| Location | Moore Star Dome |
Moore Ash / MORC Mt. Kent O'Mara |
Moore Roll Roof Mt. Kent O'Mara |
Moore Sirius Mt. Kent Hagrid |
Moore Roll Roof | Moore Ash | Mt. Lemmon | Mt. Kent Hagrid | MORC | Azari Fiber coupled |
| Status | Operational | Operational north Off line south |
Off line | Operational | Installation | Operational | Operational | Operational | Sky testing | Concept testing |