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Schulman 32" Telescope

Elevation: 2780 m = 9121 ft.
Latitude: 32° 26' 32.26" N (32.442294)
Longitude: 110° 47' 20.46" W (-110.789017)
Time Zone: Mountain Standard Time (UTC-07:00) 
Primary Mirror Diameter: 0.81 m = 32 inches
f/7 Cassegrain focus
Plate Scale: 27.5 microns/arcsec = 36.4 arcsec/mm (nominal)
Typical Seeing: 1-2"
Focuser: 0.2668 microns per step
NCFZ: 33.5 micron, 151 steps

RA Axis

Motor: Kollmorgen C042A-13-3305
Motor Wheel Size: ~2.9022in (calculated)
Axis Wheel Size: 36.02in (laser measured)
Motor Counts per Rev: 13,014,364 (laser calibrated)  

Encoder Tape: Renishaw 20μm pitch scale tape
Readhead: Renishaw RGH25
Interpolator: Renishaw RGF1000H250A
Encoder Wheel Size: 36.001in (laser measured)
Encoder Counts per Rev:  143,637,606 (calculated)

DEC Axis

Motor: Kollmorgen C042A-13-3305
Motor Wheel Size: ~2in  
Axis Wheel Size: 23.990in (laser measured)  
Motor Counts per Rev: ~12,500,000

Encoder Tape: RESM20USA300
Readhead: Renishaw RGH25 (assumed)
Interpolator: Renishaw Si-HN-4000-40-0-FN-003-3 (A-9572-1501)
Dual Interface: Renishaw DSi-QML-04
Encoder Wheel: 300mm
Encoder Counts per Rev:  188,800,000

Procedures

Cameras

Mt. Lemmon All-Sky Camera
North Facing Dome Camera
South Facing Dome Camera

Weather

NOAA Mt. Lemmon Forecast
Astrospheric Forecast
Clear Sky Chart for Mt. Lemmon
Atmospheric Sciences Arizona IR
Atmospheric Sciences Arizona Radar

Troubleshooting and Maintenance

Maintenance

Advanced Maintenance

Additional Reading

Diagrams

Remote Astrophotograph