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https://telescope.live/homeAcquisition dates: 10/11/13/15 - 10 - 2021 - Chile
Sauce Observatory, Chile is our top location with regards to clear nights and seeing conditions.Located in the Rio Hurtado Valley at 1525m this observatory achieves 300 clear nights a year with seeing averaging between 1.5'' - 2.0''. The sky conditions the the El Sauce Observatory allow for the telescopes hosted there to achieve their maximum potential and provide stunning results.There are currently 3 telescopes at the El Sauce Observatory, all of which are large 50cm+ reflectors. The site is perfect for both astrophotography and scientific applications.
Telescope: CHI-2, 50 cm F3.8 Reflector
CHI-2 is an ASA 500N, a 50-cm F3.8 corrected Newtonian telescope, situated in the
Rio Hurtado valley, Chile. It is an identical setup to
CHI-4. It is equipped with a set of Astrodon astrophotography filters and thanks to its wide field of view it's an ideal instrument astrophotography of deep-sky objects.
Telescope Specification- Aperture: 500 mm (19.6 inches)
- Focal Length: 1900 mm
- F-ratio: 3.8
- Mount: ASA DDM85 equatorial mount with direct drives
- Minimum elevation: 30 degrees
Camera Specification- Model: FLI PL 16803
- Pixel Size: 9 μm
- Pixel Array: 4096 x 4096
- Pixel Resolution: 0.98 arcsec/pixel
- Cooling: -25 degrees in Summer, -30 in Winter
- Field of View: 65 x 65 arcmin
- Filters(50mm square): Astrodon LRGB 2GEN, Ha (3nm), SII (3nm), OIII (3nm)
- Position angle: 270 degrees
Observatory - Observatory name: El Sauce Observatory
- Location: Río Hurtado, Coquimbo Region, Chile
- Coordinates: 30.472529° S, 70.762999° W
- Elevation: 1525 m
- Average seeing: 1.3'' - 1.8''
- MPC code: X02
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