Telescopes

Telescopes

I used many telescopes for both visual and CCD observing. Following is the list of actual equipment of AO on Kolonica Saddle dedicated to variable stars .

Telescopes for CCD photometry

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VNT	Main	Guide	Typical observing program
Aperture/ Focal length [mm]	1000 / 9000	300 / 1500	Intermediate polars
CCD, binning	FLI PL 1001E, 2×2	WATEC 902H
Chip size [px], pixel size [μm]	512 x 512, 48 x 48	320 x 240, 5.6 x 5.6
Scale [arcsec/px]	1.11	0.8
FOV [arcmin]	9.47 x 9.47	4.1 x 3.0
readout noise [e-] / gain [e- per ADU]	8.26 / 2.39	–
Mount	Fork equatorial without GoTo	–

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C14 – Celestron Edge HD, focal reducer 0.7x	Main	Guide	Typical observing program
Aperture/ Focal length [mm]	356 / 3000	50 / 300	Superhumps of cataclysmic variables,
CCD, binning	MII G2-1600, 2×2	MII G1-800C	Multicolor long term light curves
Chip size [px], pixel size [μm]	768 x 512, 18 x 18	1032 x 778, 4.65 x 4.65
Scale [arcsec/px]	1.21	3.21
FOV [arcmin]	13.4 x 8.9	55.2 x 41.6
readout noise [e-] / gain [e- per ADU]	12 / 2.3	–
Mount	CGE 1400, GoTo	–


ZIGA – Dall-Kirkham 16”	Main	Guide	Typical observing program
Aperture/ Focal length [mm]	500 / 3454	off axis	Eclipsing binaries W UMa type, multicolor light curves, full phase
CCD, binning	MII G4-16000, 2×2	MII G1-800C
Chip size [px], pixel size [μm]	2048 x 2048, 18 x 18	1032 x 778, 4.65 x 4.65
Scale [arcsec/px]	1.09	3.21
FOV [arcmin]	36.7 x 36.7	55.2 x 41.6
readout noise [e-] / gain [e- per ADU]	12 / 1.6	–
Mount	Paramount	–

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Púpava	Main	Guide	Typical observing program
Aperture/ Focal length [mm]	280 / 1500	off axis	Superhumps of catalclysmic variables
CCD, binning	DSI Pro II, 1×1	SXVF-H9, 2×2
Chip size [px], pixel size [μm]	748 x 577, 8.6 x 8.3	1392 x 1040, 6.45 x 6.45
Scale [arcsec/px]	1.18 x 1.14	–
FOV [arcmin]	14.7 x 10.9	–
readout noise [e-] / gain [e- per ADU]	12 / 0.7	–
Mount	German equatorial without GoTo	–

Telescopes for spectroscopy

C11 – Celestron CGEM 1100, focal reducer 0.66x, spectrograph LISA	Main	Guide	Typical observing program
Aperture/ Focal length [mm]	280 / 1750	off slit	Be stars
CCD, binning	ATIK-460ex, 1×1	ATIK-317	Symbiotic stars
Chip size [px], pixel size [μm]	2450 x 600, 4.54 x 4.54	–
Scale [arcsec/px]	–	–
FOV [arcmin]	–	–
Resolution power	1000	–
Mount	CGEM, GoTo	–

Telescopes for visual observations

Meade LightBridge 14”, Newton with coma corrector	Main	Finder	Typical observing program
Aperture/ Focal length [mm]	405 / 1860	50 / 300	Cataclysmic variables – monitoring for outbursts
Eyepiece Celestron focal length/ FOV	26 mm/ 80°	–
Eyepiece Televue focal length/ FOV	8 mm/ 72°	–
Mount	Dobson	–

Bibinar – 2 binoculars on common mount	Somet	Artillery	Typical observing program
Aperture x magnification	100 x 25	60 x 12	Semiregular and symbiotic variables – long term light curves
Mount	Alt-acimuthal	–	–

Newton 300/1500

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Chermelin 30cm Newtonian”	Main	Finder	Typical observing program
Aperture/ Focal length [mm]	300 / 1500	50 / 300	Cataclysmic variables – visual monitoring for outbursts
ZOOM Eyepiece focal length	24 – 8 mm	–	The majority of visual estimates was done with this instrument in the observatory in Podbiel village
Mount	Dobson	–

Kamenicky 20cm Newtonian”	Main	Finder	Typical observing program
Aperture/ Focal length [mm]	200 / 1400	20 / 150	Semiregular and Symbiotics + brighter Cataclysmic variables
ZOOM Eyepiece focal length	24 – 8 mm	–	The first telescope used for regular variable star observing. First light in 1999. Translated to Madeira in 2020.
Mount	Dobson	–

Zennox Newtonian	Main	Finder	Typical observing program
Aperture/ Focal length [mm]	76 / 700	10 / 150	Semiregular and Symbiotics
Televue Eyepiece focal length/FOV	20 mm/ 52°	–	The first telescope used in Madeira. First light in 2018.
Mount	Dobson	–