Latitude: 44° 41′ 21.60″ N (44.689333 degrees N)
Longitude: 63° 49′ 33.65″ (63.826013 degrees W)
Elevation: 114-metres (at instrument height above MSL)
IAU Observatory Code: I22
Time Zone: AST/ADT (UT-3 or 4 hours)
Visual Sky Brightness: MVM is about 5.7
Measured Sky Brightness: Sky Quality Meter readings of 20.6 are on the best nights (Bortle Scale of 4). Measurements range from about 20.3-20.6.
Seeing: Stellar profiles are typically 2.5″ to 3″ FWHM
* determined by LIDAR (latitude/longitude is WGS84, elevation is CVGD2013)
The telescope is a Celestron C14 with the following specifications:
Optical Design: Schmidt-Cassegrain (classic) + 0.5x Optec NextGen telecompressor
Primary Mirror Diameter: 0.355-metres
Secondary Mirror Diameter: 114-mm
Original Focal length: 3910-mm
Effective Focal length: 2200-mm (at f/6.2)
Original Focal ratio: 11
Effective Focal ratio: 6.2 (with telecompressor)
The camera is an SBIG ST8XME with dual Optec IFW filter wheels.
Sensor: Kodak KAF-1603ME
Image Size: 1530 x 1020
Field of View: 21.4′ x 14.3′ (0.36 x 0.24 degrees)
Pixel Size: 9 microns
Pixel Scale: 0.84″ arc-seconds/pixel
Dark Current: 0.1 e- per second at -20C
A/D Converter: 16-bit
Gain: 2.5 e/ADU
Full Well: 100,000 e-
Read Noise: 15 e- RMS
| Filter Name | Description |
| CLR | Clear (unfiltered) |
| B | Astrodon Photometric B (for photometry) |
| V | Astrodon Photometric V (for photometry) |
| R | Astrodon Photometric R (for photometry) |
| I | Astrodon Photometric I (for photometry) |
| BLU | Optec blue filter (for pretty-picture imaging) |
| RED | Optec red filter (for pretty-picture imaging) |
| GRN | Optec green filter (for pretty-picture imaging) |
| LUM | Optec luminance filter (for pretty-picture imaging) |