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| Astronomy and Astrophotography - Equipment and Field Setup |
VISUAL AND PHOTOGRAPHICAL ASTRONOMY:
Equipment (Setup pictures to the right):
Telescopes:
- Celestron Edge HD 11" Schmidt-Cassegrain
- Explore Scientific 80mm Apo Triplet refractor
- Explore Scientific 127mm Apo Triplet refractor (SOLD)
- Takahashi FSQ-106EDXiii with reducer and extender
Mounts:
- Celestron CGEM DX (German Equatorial) mount
- Losmandy G11 with Gemini 2
- Orion Teletrack (Alt-Az) portable mount
- Vixen Polarie portable wide field mount
- AstroTrac Mount and Portable pier system
Cameras:
- Canon EOS 5D DSLR
- Canon EOS 6D DSLR (Modified)
- SX Lodestar (guidecamera)
- SX Lodestar color (guidecamera)
- Flea 3 FW 800 camera from Point Grey (planetary)
- SXVR-H694 Mono with Filter Wheel and Off Axis Guider
- SX-Trius 814 Mono
- ZWO ASI 174 MM Cooled - Hi speed video for planetary
- ZWO ASI 224 MC Color - Hi speed video for planetary
Miscellaneous:
- SX Active Optics Unit for long focal length imaging
- Gerd Neumann Filter Drawer and custom CTU for Canon EOS to T2
- Starizona Hyperstar Lens for the 11" SCT
- Starlight instruments feathertouch and JMI driver for C11" focus
- Denkmeier S2 2" diagonal with power switch and filter switch
- Celestron f7 Reducer for C11" Edge HD SCT
- Baader 8-24 MM zoom, 21 mm hyperion, 36 mm aspheric eye pieces
- Baader visual and OSC filters UHS-C, UV-IR Cut, Moon and Skyglow
'- Baader Narrowband filters - 7-8nm - 2" mounted - Ha, Oiii, Sii
- Astrodon Tru Balance filters and 5 nm Ha, Sii and Oiii Narrowband filters
- ADM Adapters
- Vario Finder and Tangent Stronghold system from Baader
Equipment (Setup pictures to the right):
Telescopes:
- Celestron Edge HD 11" Schmidt-Cassegrain
- Explore Scientific 80mm Apo Triplet refractor
- Explore Scientific 127mm Apo Triplet refractor (SOLD)
- Takahashi FSQ-106EDXiii with reducer and extender
Mounts:
- Celestron CGEM DX (German Equatorial) mount
- Losmandy G11 with Gemini 2
- Orion Teletrack (Alt-Az) portable mount
- Vixen Polarie portable wide field mount
- AstroTrac Mount and Portable pier system
Cameras:
- Canon EOS 5D DSLR
- Canon EOS 6D DSLR (Modified)
- SX Lodestar (guidecamera)
- SX Lodestar color (guidecamera)
- Flea 3 FW 800 camera from Point Grey (planetary)
- SXVR-H694 Mono with Filter Wheel and Off Axis Guider
- SX-Trius 814 Mono
- ZWO ASI 174 MM Cooled - Hi speed video for planetary
- ZWO ASI 224 MC Color - Hi speed video for planetary
Miscellaneous:
- SX Active Optics Unit for long focal length imaging
- Gerd Neumann Filter Drawer and custom CTU for Canon EOS to T2
- Starizona Hyperstar Lens for the 11" SCT
- Starlight instruments feathertouch and JMI driver for C11" focus
- Denkmeier S2 2" diagonal with power switch and filter switch
- Celestron f7 Reducer for C11" Edge HD SCT
- Baader 8-24 MM zoom, 21 mm hyperion, 36 mm aspheric eye pieces
- Baader visual and OSC filters UHS-C, UV-IR Cut, Moon and Skyglow
'- Baader Narrowband filters - 7-8nm - 2" mounted - Ha, Oiii, Sii
- Astrodon Tru Balance filters and 5 nm Ha, Sii and Oiii Narrowband filters
- ADM Adapters
- Vario Finder and Tangent Stronghold system from Baader
EQUIPMENT: Hobby Barn for Astro and RC toys. No horses, but we ride frequently at the Polo
field down the road from the house.
field down the road from the house.
THE FIELD SETUP: Greg Myers and I took our 3rd trip to my family farm in middle Georgia (3000 acres). Took 2 mounts (never again!). Losmandy G11,
CGEM, Dual Refractors, C11 Edge HD, more bugs than anyone should ever have to deal with, packs of coyote, armadillo, wild boar (fresh hunting license, a .270
and a Kimber 45 with a laser sight waiting for them if I should be so lucky) and this time - a bear was seen.... My cousin Jay Smith's property in Hawkinsville,
GA September, 2011 ish. Very, very dark.
CGEM, Dual Refractors, C11 Edge HD, more bugs than anyone should ever have to deal with, packs of coyote, armadillo, wild boar (fresh hunting license, a .270
and a Kimber 45 with a laser sight waiting for them if I should be so lucky) and this time - a bear was seen.... My cousin Jay Smith's property in Hawkinsville,
GA September, 2011 ish. Very, very dark.
| The 'interesting' part of backwoods, dark-sky astrophotography. Night Neighbors.... |
| Large solar storm and spots during the trip - Flea3 - ED127 refractor - Video stack of 200 |
| Equipment and Field Setup Specs: |
| I have long been interested in the this and I am now trying it. Bought my first scope on 11/1/10. The photography side of it is difficult and will take years to learn. See below for recent work and archives. |
| Click Page # below for most recent astrophotographic work - higher page # is more recent: |
| Older images of set up at last house and in Maine. |
