Telescope and camera configuration A5817
Creation: 17 Aug 2005
Previous configuration A4C02.
Telescope: Meade LX200 Classic 203mm f/6.3.
Camera: SBIG ST7E (and Philips TouCam Pro webcam).
Focuser: RoboFocus to drive the LX200 focus knob, with homemade braket.
Filter wheel: True Technology Custom Wheel wide (with mirror for eyepiece).
Filter holder with drawers: from Gerd Neumann. I use it to insert a grating
for very low resolution spectroscopy experiments.
Counterweight: 2x1.5 kg on piggyback mounts,
long thick foam dewshield with an homemade ring of counterweights,
0.7 kg on the left arm of the mount with also an homemade ring of counterweights.
| Telescope theoretical resolution at 700nm | 0.73 " |
| ST7E KAF401E | chip size | 6.89x4.59 mm |
| 765x510 pixels |
| pixel size | 9x9 microns |
| 1.38 " |
| ST7E TC211 | chip size | 2.64x2.64 mm |
| 192x164 pixels |
| pixel size | 13.75x16 microns |
| 2.11x2.46 " |
| TouCam pixel size |
5.6x5.6 microns |
Next configuration A7202.
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