Tool II · Planning

FOV Simulator

Drop your camera onto any deep-sky object and see exactly how it frames. Sky imagery is pulled live from the DSS2 color survey via Aladin Lite.

Inputs

Target object

RA (J2000)

deg

Dec (J2000)

deg

Sky survey

Telescope preset

+ save current as preset

Aperture

Native focal length

Reducer

Barlow

Camera preset

+ save current as preset

Pixel pitch

μm

Sensor width

Sensor height

Camera rotation

Sky view — real imagery from DSS2 + Hubble

Center RA—

Center Dec—

SurveyDSS2 color

Optics

Effective focal length—

Focal ratio—

Image scale—

FOV width—

FOV height—

FOV area—

Sensor pixels—

Target fit

Target—

Target size—

Fits in single frame?—

Panels required—

Fill—

Verdict

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Sky imagery via Aladin Lite · CDS Strasbourg. Surveys: DSS2 (Palomar/UK Schmidt), 2MASS, AllWISE, GLIMPSE.