Observing location :    N 37° 44' 38.8"      W 122° 25' 48.0"


Telescopes (OTAs and mount)
  • Meade LXD55 mount hypertuned with Autostar, Antares 30" pier, Warp belt drive mod.
  • Meade APM 909 (for autoguiding using a shoestring usb to guide port adapter)
  • Meade SN8 OTA with JMI NGF-55D Crayford focuser with DRO & DRO Hand Unit ; Home made fan cooling at the rear of the primary miror.
  • Orion ST-90 OTA with Antares dual speed Crayford focuser.
Imaging
  • Canon 20D (for prime focus and piggyback)
  • DFK 21F04 CCD firewire camera from The Imaging Source (for autoguiding with the ST90 using Astro IIDC)
Eyepieces and barlow
  • Meade series 4000 super Plössl eyepiece set (40mm, 32mm, 26mm, 20mm, 15mm, 12.4mm, 9.7mm, 6.4mm)
  • Meade Plössl 4mm
  • Meade ultra wide angle 8.8mm eyepiece
  • Meade 12mm Plössl Wireless Illuminated Reticle Eyepiece
  • Televue powermate 5x
  • Meade 3x telenegative
Filters
  • Lumicon Deep-Sky filter (2")
  • Moon filters (2")
  • Lumicon UHC filter (1.25")
  • Lumicon H-Beta (SCT visual back)
  • Meade series 4000 nebular-broadband (1.25")
  • Baader Contrast Booster Filter #2458360 (1.25")
  • Meade lunar & planetary filter Gray (no number on it) (1.25")
  • Meade lunar & planetary filter Yellow (no number on it) (1.25")
  • Meade lunar & planetary filter Blue (no number on it) (1.25")
  • Meade lunar & planetary filter Orange (no number on it) (1.25")
Others
  • Shoestring Astronomy GPUSB usb to guide port adapter (used with Astro IIDC and the APM 909 for autoguiding)
  • Garmin Etrex Venture GPS
  • Meade autostar 505 cable
  • Orion LaserMate deluxe
  • EOS 2" threaded adapter (from scopestuff)
  • EOS T-ring adapter
  • T-Ring to 2" adapter (for prime focus)
  • Modified EOS T-Ring adapter tranformed into an EOS to SCT visual back adapter
  • SCT visual back to 2" adapter (for prime focus with the 20D and H-Beta filter)
  • C-mount to 1.25" adapter
  • C-mount to T-Ring" adapter
  • 12V 17Ah kendrics battery
  • ScopeTronix adaptview (for the 8.8mm UWA eyepiece)
  • Televue powermate T-ring adapter
  • Home made Hartmann mask
  • Home made autostar RJ22 to female DB9 RS232 adapter
  • 2 x 2" extension tubes (from scopestuff) to be able to focus the DFK 21F04 with the ST90 without the miror diagonal