Current Configuration

Telescope

Make & model: Optical Guidance Systems open truss f/8.0 Ritchey-Chretien
Aperature: 24-inches (607 mm)
Focal length: 192 inches (4876 mm)
Plate scale: 42.3" per mm

Location 

University of Virginia's Fan Mountain Observatory
Latitude: 37d 52m 44.5s
Longitude: 78d 41m 38.6s W
Elevation: 513 m

Camera 

Make & model: SBIG STX-16803
Array size: 4096 x 4096
Pixel size: 9 x 9 microns
Pixel size on sky: 0.39"
Imaging area: 36.8 x 36.8 mm (1,354 mm2)
Imaging area on sky: 26.4' x 26.4'

Filter wheel

Finger Lakes Instruments CFW-3-10 10-position filter wheel

Filters

All filters are 50mm square Astrodon filters of uniform thickness.

Current filters: Luminance, u', g', r', i', B, V, R, H-alpha (5nm FWHM), OIII (5nm FWHM)