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Important Specs
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Telescope
Location: Steward Observatory's Kitt Peak Station
Elevation: 2071 m (6795 ft) Latitude: +31° 57' 46.5" Longitude: 111° 36' 01.6"W Time Zone: +7 hours
Primary Mirror
Diameter: 90.00" ± 0.0625" (2286 mm)
Central Obscuration Diameter: 33.5" ± 0.1" (851 mm) Conic Constant: -1.0646 ± 0.001 Radius of Curvature: 12281 mm ± 4 mm Uncorrected Focal Length: 6140.5 mm Uncorrected Focal Ratio: f/2.69 (See below for corrected values) Surface Map Optical Parameters (some f/9)
Corrector Optics
Corrected Focal Length: 6829.2 mm
Corrected Focal Ratio: f/2.98
Focal Plane Array
CCDs: Four Lockheed Martin CCD4185 (unpackaged = CCD485 packaged)
Single CCD Format: 4096 x 4097 pixels Single CCD Active Area: 61.20 mm x 61.21 mm Inter-CCD Gap: 15.76 mm (~1050 pixels) Total Focal Plan Array Area: 138.16 mm x 138.18 mm Total Active Area: 122.40 mm x 122.42 mm Total Pixel Count: 4 x 4096 x 4097 = 67125248 Pixel Size: 15 µm Plate Scale: 30.20"/mm Pixel Scale: 0.453"/pixel Edge-to-Edge Field-of-View: 1.159° x 1.159° Active Field-of-View: 1.027° x 1.027°
CCD Controller
Filters
Available Filters: UBVRI Cousins/Bessel
Physical Size: 152.4 mm (6.0") square Physical Size Tolerances: +0.0 mm -1.27 mm (+0.00" -0.05") Filter Clear Aperture: 146 mm (5.75") square Filter Width: 8.0 mm Filter Width Tolerances: +/-4.0 mm (no larger than 13.5 mm) U: UG1(1mm) BG40(3mm) Peak-360nm FWHM-70nm B: GG385(2mm) BG12(1mm) BG39(1mm) Peak-440nm FWHM-100nm V: GG495(2mm) BG39(2mm) Peak-550nm FWHM-90nm R: OG570(2mm) KG3(2mm) Peak-700nm FWHM-220nm I: RG9(4mm) Peak-880nm FWHM-240nm Filter Transmission Curves (not yet available).
Shutter
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Steward Observatory
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Instrumentation & Observation
University of Arizona | Department of Astronomy Questions or Comments? gwilliams@as.arizona.edu |
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