Olympus BX60

About this microscope

Here you’ll find the hardware and capabilities currently recorded for this microscope. If you are planning an experiment, AIC Turku staff can help with access, training, and configuration choices.

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Operational

QC and maintenance history Open Virtual Microscope

Manufacturer

Olympus/Evident

Model

BX60

Stand

Upright

Eyepieces

Trinocular

Location

MediCity, BioCity 4th floor, room 4086

Purchased

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Funding

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Capabilities

These are the capabilities recorded for this microscope. Open the optical-route details below to see how the hardware is connected.

Widefield fluorescenceTransmitted brightfieldPhase contrast

Methods and the light path that records them

Each method below is explicitly associated in the instrument record with the physical light path that implements it. An imaging mode or contrast method that appears above but not here has no recorded method-to-path mapping yet.

• Widefield fluorescence: Widefield fluorescence
• Transmitted light: Transmitted brightfield, Phase contrast

Software

• Olympus Cell^D
  Acquisition
  Role: Acquisition
  Version: Not documented

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Hardware

Light sources

• Halogen Lamp Olympus 12V 100W halogen bulb
  Olympus
  Type: Halogen Lamp
  Role: Transmitted Illumination
  Power: 100 W
  Notes: Transmitted brightfield and phase contrast source. Broadband illumination.

• Arc Lamp Osram HBO 103W short arc bulb
  Osram
  Type: Arc Lamp
  Power: 103 W
  Notes: Fluorescence excitation source. Broadband illumination.

Detectors

• Olympus DP71
  Charge-Coupled Device
  Type: Charge-Coupled Device
  Pixel pitch: 6.45 µm
  Sensor format: 1.45 MP
  Notes: Manufacturer specifies 1.45 million effective sensor pixels; the physical array dimensions are not confirmed here. The documented live image format is 1360 x 1024 and pixel-shift output is 4080 x 3072; these output formats must not be used as physical sensor dimensions.

Objectives

View this microscope's objectives in the catalogue

• PlanC 4x/0.10 AIR
  Olympus
  Model: PlanC 4x/0.10
  Magnification / NA: 4x/0.1
  Immersion: Air
  Correction: Plan Achromat
  Working distance: 18.5 mm
  AFC compatible: No
  Installed: Yes

• UPlanFl 10x/0.30 Ph1 AIR
  Olympus
  Model: UPlanFl 10x/0.30 Ph1
  Magnification / NA: 10x/0.3
  Immersion: Air
  Correction: Plan Fluorite
  Working distance: 10.0 mm
  AFC compatible: No
  Installed: Yes
  Specialties: phase

• UPlanFl 20x/0.50 Ph1 AIR
  Olympus
  Model: UPlanFl 20x/0.50 Ph1
  Magnification / NA: 20x/0.5
  Immersion: Air
  Correction: Plan Fluorite
  Working distance: 2.1 mm
  AFC compatible: No
  Installed: Yes
  Specialties: phase

• UPlanFl 40x/0.75 Ph2 AIR
  Olympus
  Model: UPlanFl 40x/0.75 Ph2
  Magnification / NA: 40x/0.75
  Immersion: Air
  Correction: Plan Fluorite
  Working distance: 0.51 mm
  AFC compatible: No
  Installed: Yes
  Specialties: phase

• UPlanApo 100x/1.35 Oil Iris Ph3 OIL
  Olympus
  Model: UPlanApo 100x/1.35 Oil Iris Ph3
  Magnification / NA: 100x/1.35
  Immersion: Oil
  Correction: Plan Apochromat
  Working distance: 0.17 mm
  AFC compatible: No
  Installed: Yes
  Specialties: phase
  Notes: Includes adjustable iris

• UPlanFl 60x/1.25 Oil Iris Ph3 OILNot installed
  Olympus
  Model: UPlanFl 60x/1.25 Oil Iris Ph3
  Magnification / NA: 60x/1.25
  Immersion: Oil
  Correction: Plan Fluorite
  Working distance: 0.12 mm
  AFC compatible: No
  Installed: No
  Specialties: phase
  Notes: Optional objective. Includes adjustable iris. Working distance cross-checked against an exact UPlanFl 60x/1.25 Oil Iris Ph3 listing.

Optical-path elements

• Fluorescence Turret
  Cube
  Element type: Turret
  Pos 1: U-MWU (DAPI) (U-MWU) — Excitation: 355/50 nm. Dichroic Cutoff: 400 nm.
  Pos 2: U-MWIB (GFP wide) (U-MWIB) — Excitation: 475/30 nm. Dichroic Cutoff: 505 nm.
  Pos 3: U-MWIG (Alexa 546 / TRITC) (U-MWIG) — Excitation: 535/30 nm. Dichroic Cutoff: 565 nm.
  Pos 4: U-MNIBA2 (GFP narrow) (U-MNIBA2) — emission 530/40 nm — Optional filter cube. Excitation: 480/20 nm. Dichroic Cutoff: 505 nm.

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Latest QC measurements

Laser performance

No recent laser-performance measurements are recorded.

Optical resolution (PSF and alignment)

No recent PSF or chromatic-shift measurements are recorded for these objectives.

Objectives without recent measurements

• PlanC 4x/0.10 AIR (4x_air)

• UPlanFl 10x/0.30 Ph1 AIR (10x_air)

• UPlanFl 20x/0.50 Ph1 AIR (20x_air)

• UPlanFl 40x/0.75 Ph2 AIR (40x_air)

• UPlanApo 100x/1.35 Oil Iris Ph3 OIL (100x_oil)

• UPlanFl 60x/1.25 Oil Iris Ph3 OIL (60x_oil)

Information still to confirm

Some details in the facility record are incomplete. If any of these matter for your experiment, please check them with AIC Turku staff.

• Details needed for this configuration:

• Software version (software[].version)