Meade 10" LX200GPS-SMT UHTC.
This is a 10" Schmidt-cassegrain telescope with smartmount (autostar 2). It is mounted on a steel pier and a Meade Ultra Wedge in my observatory . |
William Optics Zenithstar 80.
This is a high quality f/6 80mm refractor on a EQ-2 mount. It is used as wide field main scope, travel scope and guide scope for the LX200. |
Coronado PST.
This is the Coronado PST Ha (hydrogen alpha) solar telescope on a EQ-2 mount. With it one can see prominences, plages, filaments etc on the sun. Observing the sun in Ha shows how dynamic the sun really is. |
This is the complete Meade 4000 eyepieces set. In addition I have
- a 2x Orion Barlow, Meade f/6.3 focal reducer/field flattener,
- a 24mm widefield Meade eyepiece
- a ND96 moonfilter, a skyglow broadband light pollution filter,
- an H-alpha filter and IR cut filter for astrophotography.
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I use the following cameras for astrophotography:
- a Philips Toucam pro 2 (unmodified) for prime focus,
- Meade LPI for prime focus,
- dewshield for the LX200,
- powerpack.
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Canon EOS350D DSLR camera for prime focus and wide field photography.
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