JK15

Telescope

  • full name: Janusz Kałużny 1.5-m Telescope
  • size of the mirror: 150 cm
  • focal length: 9000 m
  • aperture: 1500 mm
  • mount: Alt-Azimuth
  • no guider sets upper limit on long exposures of 200s

Camera

  • Camera Andor iKon-XL 230 EA02-CS-EXT
  • size: 4096 x 4096 pixels
  • blue coating
  • mechanical leaf shutter sets lower limit on short exposures of 5s
  • CCD dynamics: 16 bit, 18 bit
  • CCD size: 61.4 x 61.4 mm
  • pixel scale: 0.344”/pixel
  • Field of View (FoV): 23.5′ x 23.5′ (tilted at about 46°, download footprint-jk15.xml for Aladin)
  • binning 1 x 1 (default)
  • readout time: 34 s at 1MHz readout mode
  • Read noise (e): TBD
  • Gain (e/ADU): TBD
  • Dark current (e/pix-s): TBD

Filters

  • Strömgren: uvby (transmission curve plot, data)
  • Hα wide, Hα narrow, Hβ wide, Hβ narrow (transmission curve plot, data)
  • Sloan: ugriz (transmission curve plot, data)
  • Johnson-Cousins: BVI (transmission curve plot, data)

List of restricted targets

Advanced documentation (password-protected)