Crux Karoo / Sutherland

Crux Karoo FOV Calculator

Preview telescope and camera framing for Southern Hemisphere imaging from Sutherland. Start from a Crux rig preset or enter your own optics — every value stays editable.

Location: Sutherland, Northern Cape Mode: Southern Hemisphere field planning Use: Public datasets / guest planning / rig comparison

01 — Rig

Preset & Telescope

Rig Preset

Telescope

Telescope Name

Focal Length (mm)

Aperture (mm)

02 — Sensor

Camera / Sensor

Camera Name

Sensor Width (mm)

Sensor Height (mm)

Pixel Size (µm)

Resolution Width (px)

Resolution Height (px)

03 — Target

Optional Target Framing

Target Preset

Target Width (°)

Target Height (°)

Target RA

Target Dec

Target size is approximate and used only for framing preview. Enter RA/Dec to centre the live survey image; without coordinates Live View is unavailable and the preview falls back to Stylized or Outline Only. This calculator does not check target altitude, season, or capture availability from Sutherland.

FOV: —

SCALE: —

TARGET: —

Outline only — boundaries and FOV frame, no target image.

Camera FOV

Approx target extent

Centre reticle

Enter optics to preview the field.

Show target preview

Preview opacity 35%

Framing preview for planning context only — not a calibrated sky image.

Results

Field of View & Sampling

Input needed

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Horizontal FOV

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Vertical FOV

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Diagonal FOV

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Pixel Scale

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Sensor Area

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Resolution

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F-ratio

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Megapixels

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Sensor Diagonal

Enter optics to see a field-of-view summary.

Crux Field Note

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Summary copied

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Planning values are carried forward where supported. FOV dimensions are sent as target width and height.