Sky survey equipment of Xingming Observatory

At present, Xingming Observatory has three star-finding systems: NSP, CSP and SASP. NSP(Nova search program) is a project of Xingming Observatory to search for new stars in the Milky Way. This project uses the existing equipment of Xingming Remote Control Observatory to photograph the sky survey of the Milky Way, which can be used to search for new stars in the Milky Way, and can also be used for large-field target search and variable star research.

Since the operation of NSP equipment in 2007, a new star and a comet (C/2008(Chen-Gao)) have been found in the system, and several new stars have been found independently.

Equipment currently in use:

Equatorial instrument: Wicksen GPD(+SS2K)

Camera: canon 350D

Lens: Tully 300/2.8 changed (focal length 300 mm, effective aperture 107 mm, aperture 2.8).

Vision: 260 minutes (Dec)* 173 minutes (RA), about 4.3 degrees *2.9 degrees.

Shooting parameters: exposure for 40 seconds, suitable format, ISO 800, pixel 3456*2304.

Shooting limit magnitude: CSP (Comet Search Program), about 14.5, which is the comet search program of Xingming Observatory. This project is dedicated to searching for comets, focusing on searching the sky near the Milky Way and the North Pole, and can also be used for variable stars and astrometry.

CSP's old equipment discovered periodic comet P/2009L2 (Yang-Gao) in June 2009.

Equipment currently in use:

Equatorial instrument: NEQ6(+EQMOD)

CCD: apogee U 16M

Telescope: Gao Qiao FSQ 106N

Vision: 399 minutes (Dec)*399 minutes (RA), about 4 degrees *4 degrees.

Shooting parameters: exposure 120 seconds, suitable format, pixel 4096*4096.

Shooting Extreme Magnitude: SASP (Supernova and Asteroid Search Program), about 18, is the search program of Xingming Observatory for supernovae, exonova and main belt asteroids. This project uses the existing equipment of Xingming Remote Control Observatory to photograph the survey of galaxies outside the river, and also uses midnight to search for asteroids near the ecliptic.

Since SASP 20 10 was put into operation in June, many exoplanets and asteroids have been discovered. Please refer to the column of "Observation Results" for specific results.

Equipment currently in use:

Equatorial instrument: the supreme me

CCD: QHY9

Telescope: Celestron C 14 (aperture 356mm, focal length 39 16mm) +F6.9 defocusing mirror.

Vision: 19 minutes (December) *25 minutes (astronomy)

Shooting parameters: exposure for 60 seconds, FITS format, BIN=2, pixel 1792* 1284.

Shooting limit magnitude: about 19.5, etc.