Bintel Astronomy Calculator & Simulator 1.3
Developed by Dylan O’Donnell

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*This is a randomly generated telescope and camera combination. It may be stupid. Contact Us if you need help picking your perfect telescope!

TELESCOPE

Focal Length (mm)

F Ratio / F Number

CAMERA: QSI 6162wsg8 Cooled CCD Camera

Pixel Size (µm)

Pixels Wide

Pixels High

EYEPIECE

Focal Length (mm)

Field of View / FOV (°)

ACCESSORIES & SETTINGS

Binning

Magnifier or Reducer

PREVIEW TARGET

Aperture 250.00mm /9.84 inches
Maximum Magnification :500.00x
Resolving Limit (Dawes): :0.4640" arcseconds
Resolving Limit (Rayleigh): :0.5520" arcseconds
Visual Magnitude Limit: : mag 15
Native Focal Length / F: 2500mm / F10
5x Rule (Ideal Planetary F-Ratio): F30.0
7x Rule (Ideal Planetary F-Ratio): F42.0
Ideal Resolution : 0.67" - 2" arcseconds
Resolution 0.4950" arcseconds per pixel
Sampling
Camera Chip FOV 0.62° x 0.49°

Product(s) Used in this Calculation...

QSI 6162wsg8 Cooled CCD Camera
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Preview Targets by Relative Scale

^*Note that planets apparent size is based on oppositon and will change throughout the year depending on their proximity to Earth.

Click on a telescope, camera or combination in the yellow boxes below to preview how large near and deep space objects will appear and whether the sampling is good for astrophotography. It’s easy! You can also enter in the specifications for any items that aren’t listed here.

The goal for astrophotographers is to choose a combination of telescope & camera that is neither under or oversampled. Note however that a little of either is ok and post processing can improve the end result. For example, Dither & Drizzle improves undersampling. Noise reduction & sharpening improves oversampling.