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Characteristics of Telesto

 

Telesto is a F#3.8 telescope equiped with a QHY600M pro CMOS detector.

The minimal reasonable integrating time is 0.05 s

Summarized :

  • FoV : ~ 0.9 x 0.6°
  • Plate scale 0.34 arcsec/pixel (1x1 binning)
  • Pixel size 3.76 μm
  • The filters available are:
    • U
    • B
    • V
    • R
    • I
    • SII
    • OIII
    • H-alpha
    • L

QHYCCD600M pro quantum efficiency :

qe qhy600 graph

Filter transmissions :

UBVRI Bessel Transmission

 baader uv ir cut l filter transmission

Optical Interface :

  • Diameter 600 mm
  • F# 3.8
  • Central Obscuration 343 mm
  • Exit pupil at -1596 mm from the focal point
  • Exit pupil radius 209.07 mm

Drawing to be found here, and Zemax files here

Mechanical Drawings :

Mechanical interface an drwaings can be found here