Source: https://guthlabs.ai/docs/instrument-workflows/telescope-night/

instrument chain / verified-workflow-definition

# Telescope Night Kit

From scope + eyepiece specs to what you can see and how to photograph it.

Status: **observed**Lifecycle: **verified-workflow-definition**

## Goal

From scope + eyepiece specs to what you can see and how to photograph it.

## Instrument chain

- 01

**[Telescope Magnification](<https://guthlabs.ai/docs/instruments/telescope-magnification/>)**

focal lengths → M

VERIFIED

- 02

**[Telescope Field of View](<https://guthlabs.ai/docs/instruments/telescope-field-of-view/>)**

AFOV,M → true FOV

VERIFIED

- 03

**[Telescope f-ratio](<https://guthlabs.ai/docs/instruments/telescope-f-ratio/>)**

aperture → speed

VERIFIED

- 04

**[Telescope Resolving Power (Dawes/Rayleigh)](<https://guthlabs.ai/docs/instruments/telescope-resolving-power-dawes-rayleigh/>)**

aperture → resolution limit

VERIFIED

- 05

**[Limiting Magnitude Estimator](<https://guthlabs.ai/docs/instruments/limiting-magnitude-estimator/>)**

aperture → faintest star

VERIFIED

- 06

**[Star Trail / Astro Exposure (500 Rule / NPF Rule)](<https://guthlabs.ai/docs/instruments/star-trail-astro-exposure-500-rule-npf-rule/>)**

focal,pixel → max exposure

VERIFIED

- 07

**[Angular Size ↔ Physical Size](<https://guthlabs.ai/docs/instruments/angular-size-physical-size/>)**

target size sanity

VERIFIED

- 08

**[Magnitude ↔ Flux Ratio](<https://guthlabs.ai/docs/instruments/magnitude-flux-ratio/>)**

brightness comparisons

VERIFIED

## Handoffs and cross-checks

Same aperture/focal inputs fan out to all; FOV must contain target angular size; NPF uses the imaging focal length.

## PointGuard stance

Confirm target fits FOV and exceeds resolving limit before recommending an exposure plan.

## Sources and evidence

These pointers bind the page to evidence. They do not grant authority or collapse verification into deployment.

- `INSTRUMENT_COMBOS.json`

- `VERIFIED_LEDGER.json`