SPA-1 is a Takahashi FSQ-106ED (106 mm) F3.6  telescope, situated at IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain. It is equipped with a set of Astrodon astrophotography filters and it is an excellent choice for wide-field of view astrophotography of deep-sky objects. 

Services Available

• One-Click Observations: Yes
• Observation Bundles: Yes
• Advanced Requests: Yes; 50 credits per hour of utilisation;

Sample image

• IC 1396, SII, 600 sec. Download.

Telescope Specification

• Model: Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4
• Aperture: 106 mm
• Focal Length: 382 mm
• F-ratio: 3.6 (with 0.73x focal reducer)
• Mount: Paramount MX+
• Minimum elevation: 30 degrees

CMOS Camera Specification (SPA-1-CMOS, installed in January 2023)

• Model: QHY 600M Pro
• Pixel Size: 3.76s μm
• Pixel Array: 9576 x 6382 pixels
• Pixel Resolution: 2.02 arcsec/pixel
• Cooling: -10 degrees in summer, -15 degrees in winter
• Field of View: 321 x 214 arcmin
• Filters: Astrodon Luminance, Red, Green, Blue, Halpha, SII, OIII 
• Position angle: Up is 179.9 degrees E of N
• Allowed exposure times (in seconds): 30, 60, 120, 180, 240, 300
• Binning: 1 (read more about binning)

CCD Camera Specification (SPA-1-CCD, discontinued in January 2023)

• Model: FLI PL16083 (spec sheet)
• Pixel Size: 9 μm
• Pixel Array: 4096 x 4096
• Pixel Resolution: 4.74 arcsec/pixel
• Field of View: 324 x 324 arcmin
• Filters: Astrodon Luminance, Red, Green, Blue, Halpha, SII, OIII 
• Position angle: [TBC]
• Binning: 1 (read more about binning)

Observatory 

• Site: IC Astronomy
• Location: Oria, Almería, Spain
• Coordinates: 37.4988 N,-2.42178 W (Google maps)
• Elevation: 1250 m
• Average seeing: 1.5'' - 2.5''
• MPC code: Z08