Equipment
Primary Deep Sky Imaging setup:
RC Optical Systems Carbon Truss 24"
(0.61M) Telescope with Ion Milled f/7.8
optics. The system has a peak-to-valley
wavefront variation of 0.1 wave, 0.021
RMS, and an approximate Strehl Ratio
of 0.983. The telescope is carried by an
RCOS Professional Series Equatorial
Fork Mount.

SBIG STL6303E  and STL11000M,
SBIG AO-L, AstroDon MOAG-A off-
axis guider, L-R-G-B-SII-Ha-O[III]
filters for RGB and narrowband imaging
and C-UV-B-V-R-I-g'-r'-i'-CBB-NIR
Lum filters for photometry.


Wide field imaging:
AP 155EDF
4" Field Flattener,
AP 0.76xTelecompressor/Flattener,


Solar:
Baader Herschel Wedge;
Solar Spectrum SO1.5 <0.3A Ha Filter
and 155mm Baader ERF.

Planetary:
Celestron C-14, FLEA-3, Lumenera
LU165C and
Homeyer motorized filter wheel.
L/UV/IRpass/R/G/B.

SBIG Seeing Monitor
SBIG Allsky Camera
Boltwood Cloud Sensor
RCOS Mirror Cleaning and Re-coating

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Equipment.
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telescope pointing models
using Tpoint.
Field of View Comparison
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for collimation data.
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alignment info.
Seeing Monitor
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RCOS 24
installed
November
11, 2011.
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image to left
for flat
panel
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