0.9m Telescope Specifications and Capabilities

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   The following information is based on observations taken at the CTIO 0.9m 
     during the RECONS astrometry/photometry program that has been running 
                                 since 1999.

    These are meant as guidelines --- you may do better or worse for your
       specific program, depending on how you design your observations.
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TELESCOPE AND CAMERA
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telescope             f/13.5
scale                 16.5 arcsec/mm

camera                2046 x 2048 pixels
field size	      13.6 arcmin square
pixel size	      401 mas/pixel

pointing              10 arcsec or better
guiding               ~1 arcsec for 300 sec integrations without autoguider
                      similar for longer exposures with autoguider

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SCIENCE CAPABILITIES
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astrometry	      3-6 mas/image
parallaxes	      1.0 mas through VRI filters

absolute photometry   0.03 mag for mag = 9-18 in VRI (<300 sec integrations)
		      0.10 mag for mag = 20 in VRI (300-900 sec integrations)

relative photometry   7 millimag over 10+ years for focused images
                      ~2 millimag for defocused images
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