The Kahale Observatory is located on the central Oregon Coast. Currently it consists of a three fully automated astrophotography systems, a NexDom 8' observatory with a 10Micron mount on a pier, a field unit using a CGX-L mount, and a mobile unit with a CGE-Pro mount. Three different OTA's can be attached: a Celestron 14" SCT, Celestron 11" SCT and a Explorer Scientific 152mm refractor. The imaging stack includes a 7 position filter wheel and the ZWO 2600 pro, ZWO 1600 pro or a ZWO 294 color pro imager. It includes weather, telescope and dome monitoring equipment plus all skycameras, a rain and a cloud monitor.
Observatory Configuration
- C14 mounted on 10Mircon
- W/Power*Star Hub, RPI, ZWO 294 color, Dew Heaters, OAG-L w/ZWO guider(80mm)
- Rain Sensor, Dome cntlr, Ambient weather station, allskycam
Field Observatory Configuration
- ES152 mounted on CGX-L
- W/Power*Star Hub, RPI, ZWO 2600pro w/Filter Wheel, Dew Heaters, OAG w/ZWO guider(80mm)
- Field weather station, allskycam, fielddome w/cam
Rollout Configuration
- C11 mounted on CGE
- W/RPI/hub/GPS, ZWO 1600pro w/Filter Wheel, Pegasus UPB, Orion guider (60mm), dew heaters
- Field weather station, allskycam, fielddome w/cam
Observatory Status:
- Dome/Observatory setup and working
- Field Observatory needs testing
- Searching for permanent location for observatory (away from the coast)
Equipment
- OTAs: C14 SCT, C11 SCT, Explorer Scientific 152 Acromate refractor
- Mounts: 10Micron GM1000, GGX-L, CGE-Pro
- StarSense Autoalign (only used for manual obs)
- Guider: Orion StarTracker, (2) Orion CT80 w/ZWO Cam
- Off-Axis-Guider: ASI OAG-l and OAG
- Pwr Ctl: Wa-chur-ed Power*Star Hub, Pegasus UPB (universal power box)<
- Autofocusers: MicroTouch w/ctlr, Moonlight w/KOBS ctlr, Pegasus w/ctlr
- Cameras: ZWO 1600m, ZWO 2600mm, ZWO 294mc, ZWO 290m, ZWO 120c, Nikon D5500
- (2) EFW 7 position filter wheel
- Each w/ Luminance, Red, Green, Blue, Sii, Oiii, H_alpha
- RPI Dome Cnl Box: Open/close, lights, NOIR camera
- RPI Env Box: Allskycam, sky monitor, rain detector and temp/hum/dp
- Two RPI Telescope Monitor and Control boxes (Ekos/Indi)
- Internal UPB: 2 Stepper motor ctls, 2 PMI dew heater ctls, 4 12V switched outlets, GPS, 4 USB, WiFi and wired, temp/hum/dp sensor