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TST
First light: 2024
Status: Advanced Commissioning
1M TELESCOPE
| Optical design | Prime focus (wide-field system) |
| Aperture | 1 m |
| Focal ratio | f/1.3 |
| Mount | Equatorial |
| Instrument port | Prime focus w/ field corrector |
| Slewing speed | 10°/s |
| Tracking accuracy | < 0.3″ RMS within 5 minutes |
| Pointing accuracy | < 8″ RMS (with pointing model) |
| Instrument | FERVOR-L — imaging camera |
Lon: -16.51034415
Lat: 28.298974321
Alt: 2361.87m
ASA: UWF1000 f1.3
Focal length: 1300mm
Type: Ultra Wide Field, prime corrector
Max. speed: 10 deg/s
Pointing: < 8″ RMS
Tracking: < 0.05″ RMS/min
Instruments: 1 Prime Focus (1-m f/1.3)
First light: 2024
Current Status: Already producing science while in advance commissioning
MPC: Y64
Instrument
FERVOR-L
High-cadence BSI sCMOS camera for fast photometry
| Sensor | BSI sCMOS IMX411 |
| Sensor size | 53 mm × 40 mm |
| Resolution | 14192 × 10640 px (151 Mpx) |
| Pixel size | 3.76 μm |
| Field of view | 2.4° × 1.8° |
| Plate scale | 0.6″ / px |
| Readout time | 15 ms |
| Readout noise | 1.8 e− |
| Dark current | 0.007 e− / px / s (−15 °C) |
QHY411M
– Sensor: Sony IMX411 BSI
– Pixel size: 3.76 μm x 3.76 μm
– Resolution: 14304 px x 10748 px (151 Mpx)
– Sensor size: 54 mm x 40 mm (67.2 mm diag.)
– FOV: 2.4 x 1.8 deg2
– Plate scale: 0.6 ’’/px
CFW9-5
– Manufacturer: Finger Lakes Instrumentation
– Positions: 5
– Filter size: 65 mm square (91.2 mm diag.)
– Filters manuf.: Baader Planetarium
– Filters: UV/IR Cut, SDSS g’, r’, I’, Halpha