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Optical system
Schmidt-Cassegrain
CG 14 and CG 11 Robotic Mounts - Gemini Control Panel
Aperture 356mm
Focal length 3910mm
F/ratio: f11
6 eyepieces etc
AO adaptive optics
4.5" Vixen refractor
Photography
ST7E CCD camera CCD low light video camera
CFW 8 colour filter wheel Adaptive optics
Solar storm filter Solar prominence filter
electronic focusing unit with zero mirror shift robo focus
Photometry set UBU1R filter
Hydrogen Alpha filter, Deep Space filter, Lunar filter
Computer programs:
Sky Level 5
DDC soft
CCD opts
T point
Adobe Photoshop
All equip linked through Ascom control
Panel linked to ACP - scriptable robotic system for all night observations.
(Nightly plans if lodged can be programmed into the system)
DL Maxim 4.9 Astrometrica pin point
All data reduction done with USNO A2 full version
UCAC is available GSC 1.1
Sky 6 - Starry Night Planetarium software
ADSL Internet connection
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