1. The Commissioning of Northern Arizona University’s Barry Lutz Telescope
Student
Arron Shiffer
Mentor
S.C. Tegler

2. RC Optical Telescope and Mount
Mirror Diam: 20-in
Construction: Carbon-Fiber Open Truss
Mount: German Equatorial
Weight: lbs
Cost: $54,300

3. Imaging System Apogee Science Camera Instrument Rotator
Off-Axis Guider
SBIG CCD Guide Camera
Filter Wheel (U,B,V,R,I Filters)

4. Autoguiding Five minutes unguided Five minutes guided Moving target
Mount Tracking
Take pictures
Make mount adjustments

5. Control Room

6. Software The Sky & Motion controls Camera control CCD Soft
SBIG Guide Camera Controls

7. Autoguiding Makes Long Exposures Possible
and Makes it Possible to “Go Deep”
Exp Time = 35 min
Seven 5-minute exposures
Galaxy
R = 12.94
Galaxy
Lutz (7230)
R = 17.52
R = 18.53
R = 19.58
R = 16.55
Observers: Tegler, Shiffer, Jones, Ward-Duong, Trilling

8. Autoguiding and Pretty Pictures
Six 5-minute exposures
2 Blue
2 Green
2 Red
Any Questions?
Horsehead Nebula in Orion