Shared Skies at Moore and Mt. Kent Observatories
Telescopes and Instrumentation
| Instrument Feature |
Nikon North | FSQ | CDK125 | CDK20 North | RC24 | Large Echelle | Wispi | Nikon South | CDK20 South | CDK700 | Small Echelle |
| Applications | Northern stars in color | Wide field color | High speed color | Robotic photometry and imaging |
Precision photometry Stellar spectroscopy |
Stellar spectroscopy | Nebular spectroscopy | Southern stars in color | Robotic photometry and imaging |
Precision photometry Stellar spectrocopy |
Stellar spectroscopy |
| Optics | Nikor 9-element lens | Flat field Petzval | Corrected Dall-Kirkham | Corrected Dall-Kirkham | Ritchie-Chretien | Triplet apochromat 316 g/mm echelle |
Nebular spectrograph 300 g/mm |
Nikor 9-element lens | Corrected Dall-Kirkham | Corrected Dall-Kirkham | Flat field Petzval 31.6 g/mm echelle |
| Aperture f-ratio |
6.1 cm f/1.4 |
10.6 cm f/5 |
32 cm f/8 |
51 cm f/6.8 |
61 cm f/8.0 |
15 cm f/7.1 |
10 cm f/4.0 |
61 cm f/1.4 |
50 cm f/6.8 |
70 cm f/6.5 |
10.6 cm f/5.0 |
| Focal length | 8.5 cm | 53.0 cm | 254.0 cm | 345.4 cm | 480.0 cm | 110.0 cm | Objective: 40.0 cm Camera: 20.0 cm |
8.5 cm | 345.4 cm | 451.6 cm | 53.0 cm |
| Image scale | 2400 "/mm | 389 "/mm | 81 "/mm | 60 "/mm | 43 "/mm | 1.45 Å/mm | 167 Å/mm | 2400 "/mm | 60 "/mm | 46 "/mm | 2.89 Å/mm |
| Camera | Nikon D200 | Nikon D200 | Prosilica GX-3300 | Apogee U16M | Apogee U16M | Apogee U9000 | Apogee U6 | Nikon D200 | Apogee U16M | Apogee U16M | SBIG STL1001 |
| Detector | Nikon CMOS | Nikon CMOS | Kodak KAI-08050 | Kodak KAF-16803 | Kodak KAF-16803 | Kodak KAF-09000 | Kodak KAF-1001E | Nikon CMOS | Kodak KAF-16803 | Kodak KAF-16803 | Kodak KAF-1001E |
| Array | 3872 x 2592 | 3872 x 2592 | 3296 x 2472 | 4096 x 4096 | 4096 x 4096 | 3056 x 3056 | 1024 x 1024 | 3872 x 2592 | 4096 x 4096 | 4096 x 4096 | 1024 x 1024 |
| Pixel size | 6.09 microns | 6.09 microns | 5.5 microns | 9 microns | 9 microns | 12 microns | 24 microns | 6.09 microns | 9 microns | 9 microns | 24 microns |
| Pixel scale | 14.6 "/pixel | 2.34 "/pixel | 0.45 "/pixel | 0.54 "/pixel | 0.39 "/pixel | 0.0174 Å/pixel | 4.0 Å/pixel | 14.6 "/pixel | 0.54 "/pixel | 0.41 "/pixel | 0.069 Å/pixel |
| Field | 15.7° x 10.5° | 2.5° x 1.7° | 24.5' x 18.3' |
36.9' x 36.9' | 26.6' x 26.6' | 53 Å x 34" | 4096 Å | 15.7° x 10.5° | 36.9' x 36.9' | 27.3' x 27.3' | 71 Å x 40 orders |
| Resolution | 29" | 4.6" | 0.90" | 1.1" | 0.78" | 0.035 Å (171,000) | 8.0 Å (750) | 29" | 1.1" | 0.82" | 0.138 Å (44,000) |
| Filters | RGB Bayer Mask BW489 (IR Block) |
RGB Bayer Mask | RGB Bayer Mask | g' r' i' z' C | g' r' i' z' C S[II] H&alpha Cont Na O[III] |
Order selection | RGB Bayer Mask BW489 (IR Block) |
g' r' i' z' C | g' r' i' z' C He S[II] H&alpha O[III] C |
Cross dispersed | |
| Location | Moore Tandem with CDK125 |
Moore Tandem with CDK125 |
Moore Roll roof |
Moore Sirius dome |
Moore Ash dome |
Moore Fiber coupled RC24 |
Moore Roll roof |
Mt. Kent Tandem with CDK20 |
Mt. Kent Sirius dome |
Mt. Kent Astro dome |
Mt. Kent Fiber coupled CDK700 |
| Status | Available | Operational | Operational | A200HR mount installation |
Operational | Bench testing | Available | Operational | AH200HR mount on order |
Drive system development |
Fiber optic testing |