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M42, The Great Orion Nebula, 20261021
The Kahale Observatory is located on the central Oregon Coast. Currently it consists of three fully automated astrophotography systems, a NexDome 8' observatory with a 10Micron mount on a pier and a field unit using a CGX-L mount and a Dwarf 3. Three different OTA's can be attached: a Celestron 14" SCT, Celestron 11" SCT and a Explorer Scientific 152mm refractor. The imaging stack includes a 7 position filter wheel and the ZWO 2600 pro, ZWO 1600 pro or a ZWO 294 color pro imager. It includes weather, telescope and dome monitoring equipment plus allskycameras and a rain and cloud monitor. The C14 includes optional HyperStar and .7 reducers.
Observatory Configuration
- ES152 mounted on 10Mircon
- W/RPI, ZWO 2600 mm pro b&w, 7 pos filter wheel, Dew Heaters, Orian 80mm w/ZWO guider
- Rain Sensor, Dome cntlr, allskycam
Field Observatory Configuration
- C14 mounted on CGX-L, with .7 reducer
- RPI, ZWO 294 color pro, Dew Heaters, OAG w/ZWO guider
- Field weather station, allskycam
Portable Configuration
- Dwarf 3
Observatory Status:
- Dome Observatory: operational
- Field Observatory: operational
- Portable Observatory: Operational
Equipment
- OTAs: C14 SCT, C11 SCT, Explorer Scientific 152 Acromate refractor, Dwarf 3
- Field reducers: HyperStar, .7 for C14
- Mounts: 10Micron GM1000, GGX-L, CGE-Pro
- StarSense Autoalign (only used for manual obs)
- Guider: Orion StarTracker, (2) Orion CT80 w/ZWO Cam
- Off-Axis-Guider: ASI OAG-l and OAG
- Pwr Ctl: Wa-chur-ed Power*Star Hub, Pegasus UPB (universal power box)<
- Autofocusers: MicroTouch w/ctlr, Moonlight w/KOBS ctlr, Pegasus w/ctlr
- Cameras: ZWO 1600m, ZWO 2600mm, ZWO 294mc, ZWO 290m, ZWO 120c, Nikon D5500
- (2) EFW 7 position filter wheel
- Each w/ Luminance, Red, Green, Blue, Sii, Oiii, H_alpha
- RPI Dome Cnl Box: Open/close, lights, NOIR camera
- RPI Env Box: Allskycam, sky monitor, rain detector and temp/hum/dp
- Two RPI Telescope Monitor and Control boxes (Ekos/Indi)
- Internal UPB: 2 Stepper motor ctls, 2 PMI dew heater ctls, 4 12V switched outlets, GPS, 4 USB, WiFi and wired, temp/hum/dp sensor