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name:
SRO50

description:
Telescope:  20" f/4 (folded newtonian)
Camera:     SBIG STL-6303E
Location:   31.6614 lat, -110.627 long, 1525.0 m elevation

Field of view:  47x31 arcmin
Plate scale:    0.919 arcsec/pixel
Filters:        C,B,V,SR,I,SU,Y,ZS

Site manager:   John Gross

See scope specifications

Comments

Arne Henden — Sept. 14, 2022, 1:07 p.m.

Offline. Its new home in Red Hill, NM is nearing completion, and the telescope will be taken there in November by Walt Cooney.

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Scope specifications:

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    "TELESCOP": "SRO",
    "_state": null,
    "active": true,
    "aperture": 500.0,
    "binning": 1,
    "camera_desc": "SBIG STL-6303E",
    "changed": "2000-01-01",
    "description": null,
    "elevation": 1525.0,
    "filters": "C,B,V,SR,I,SU,Y,ZS",
    "focal_len": 2017.3,
    "fov": "47x31",
    "fov_old": 39,
    "gain": 1.38,
    "id_scope": 19,
    "latitude": 31.6614,
    "linearitylimit": 45000.0,
    "longitude": -110.627,
    "max_exposure": 120.0,
    "min_exposure": 0.02,
    "name": "SRO",
    "name_long": "SRO50",
    "platescale": 0.919,
    "readout_mode": "Normal",
    "site_mgr": "John Gross",
    "symlink": "sro",
    "telescope_desc": "20\" f/4 (folded newtonian)",
    "timezone": "America/Phoenix"
}