Sky & Telescope - December 2019 - 79

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Kepler sCMOS Cameras
The New Standard of Excellence

BYERS SERIES III TELESCOPE MOUNT:
Fully reconditioned by Software Bisque
with their latest-generation control

Gary Walker's work in milli-mag photometry using the
Kepler KL400 camera is setting new standards for
precision. According to Gary, "The Kepler is 3x better
than my previous $38K camera. I have more than 85,000
CCD observations in the AAVSO data base, including the
ﬁrst by an amateur, and none of those observations had
errors as low as .0008 mags [like the KL400]."

2019

system. This massive, timelessly elegant

One-sixth page horizontal

mount can handle telescopes up to the
0.6-0.7-meter class, delivering exceptional

4.750 x 2.31

stability and pinpoint go-to accuracy.
Installed at Rocky Hill Observatory in

Melotte 15 image
courtesy Tolga Gumusayak
(Kepler KL4040 camera)

California in 2001, this Byers Series III may
be seen in action in the film Seeing in the
Dark, at 49:26. Price new was $135,000 in

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2016 dollars. Offered for immediate sale
at $35,000. Buyer pays shipping from
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at 49:26. Price new was $135,000 in 2016
dollars. Offered for immediate sale at $35,000.
Buyer pays shipping from Golden, CO. Contact: tf@timothyferris.com
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