SPA-3 is a Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4 (106 mm) F3.6 telescope, situated in IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain. It is equipped with a set of Astrodon astrophotography 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: No
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-3-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: 320.3 x 213.3 arcmin
- Filters: Astrodon Luminance, Red, Green, Blue, Halpha, SII, OIII
- Position angle: Up is 356.9 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-3-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 Luminance, Red, Green, Blue, Halpha, SII, OIII
- Position angle: Up is -97.8 degrees E of N
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