AUS-2 is a Takahashi FSQ-106ED (106 mm) F3.6  telescope, situated in Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Australia. 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;

Telescope Specification

• Model: Takahashi FSQ-106ED
• 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 (AUS-2-CMOS, installed in January 2023)

• Model: QHY 600M Pro
• Pixel Size: 3.76s μm
• Pixel Array: 9576 x 6382 pixels
• Native Pixel Resolution: 1.46 arcsec/pixel
• Cooling: -10 degrees in summer, -15 degrees in winter
• Field of View: 233 x 155 arcmin
• Filters: Astrodon Luminance, Red, Green, Blue, Halpha, SII, OIII 
• Position angle: Up is 172.2 degrees E of N
• Allowed exposure times (in seconds): 30,60,120,180,240,300
• Binning: 1 (read more about binning)

CCD Camera Specification (AUS-2-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
• Cooling: -25 degrees
• Field of View: 324 x 324 arcmin
• Filters: Astrodon LRGB 2GEN, Ha (3nm), SII (3nm), OIII (3nm); 50mm square
• Position angle: 269 degrees

Observatory 

• Name: Heaven's Mirror Observatory
• Location: Yass, NSW 2582, Australia
• Coordinates: -34.8285 N,148.8413 W (Google maps)
• Elevation: 530 m
• Average seeing: 1.5'' - 2.0''
• MPC code: Q56