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KING - The MPIA 70cm telescope

Instrument description and capabilities


Telescope

Telescope aperture 0.7 m
Focus type Cassegrain
Focal length 560 cm
f/ratio 8
Theoretical resolution limit 0.2"

CCD

Size 1024x1024
Pixel size (physical) 24 micron
Pixel size (on sky) 0.9"
Field of view 15' x 15'
Saturation (e-) 95000
Gain settings 5, 20, 50
Read noise (e-) 13.5, 7.9, 7.2
Read time (s) 53



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febr 2001; Jakob Walcher