The Canary Five Solar telescope is a highly specialized telescope equipped with a high-frame-rate video camera. The system generates unrivalled live views of the Sun in the Hydrogen-Alpha bandwidth (<0.5 Ångström bandpass). This allows us to see amazing high contrast views of active solar regions, flares, filaments and other surface features such as prominences on the solar limb.
Telescope Specification
| Manufacturer: | Lunt |
| Model: | Double-Stack Hydrogen-Alpha Telescope |
| Aperture: | 2.36" (60mm) |
| Focal Length: | 500mm (19.7") |
| Nominal Focal Ratio: | f/8.3 |
| Slooh Designation Code: | T5-SHa-60 |
Video Camera Specification
| Manufacturer: | Celestron (designed and engineered by The Imaging Source) |
| Model: | Skyris 236C High-Frame-Rate Video |
| CMOS Chip: | Sony EXMOR IMX236 CMOS |
| Resolution: | 1920×1080 |
| Pixel Size: | 2.8×2.8μm |
| Sensor Size: | 5.38x3.36mm |
| Frames Per Second (FPS): | 60 fps at full frame |
| Exposure Range: | 0.0001 to 10 seconds |
Camera Filter
The Canary Five Solar Telescope uses a high-frame-rate color video camera so it doesn't require any filters.
Image Specification
| Image Scale: | 1.16 arcseconds/pixel |
| North Angle: | 0° (North-Up, East-Left) |
| Angular Size: | 0° 37' 07" x 0° 20' 53" (Field-Of-View) |
| Resolution: | 1920x1080 |
Mount Specification
| Manufacturer: | Software Bisque |
| Model: | Paramount ME (Mk4000) |
| Type: | German Equatorial Mount (GEM) |
| Instrument Capacity: | 150lbs (60kg) (300lbs, 120kg total capacity) |
| Periodic Error: | Maximum 10 arcseconds peak-to-peak before PEC (Periodic Error Correction) |
Enclosure Specification
| Manufacturer: | AstroHaven Enterprises |
| Type: | Four Shutter Clamshell Dome |
| Size: | 12ft (3.7 meters) |
NOTE: The Canary Five Solar Telescope shares the same dome as the Canary Three Deep Sky Astrograph and the Canary Four Solar System Telescope.
