EQUIPMENT REVIEWS
>Review of the Orion 190mm Maksutov Newtonian Telescope and Moonlite CR Newtonian Focuser.<
>Review of the Bahtinov Focusing Mask.<
>Review of the ASUS Eee PC 900 laptop computer for use as a field Astronomy computer.<
EQUIPMENT USED PICTURES
>Televue 102iis refractor with Starlight Instruments motorized focuser, Coronado SM90 h-alpha solar filter with BF30 blocking filter, and Imaging Source DMK41AU02.AS camera. Orion 72mm EON refractor with Coronado SM60 h-alpha filter. Both scopes on a Celestron CGE Pro mount. <
>Thermoelectric Cooler For a DMK41AU02.AS camera. <
>Orion 100mm f/9 ED refractor with Lunt white light solar wedge, DMK41AU02.AS camera, on a Celestron CGE Pro mount. <
>Astro-Tech 8" Ritchey-Chretien and SBIG ST-8300M CCD camera. <
>Lunt LS60T CaK Solar Telescope and Imaging Source DMK41AU02.AS camera. <
>Celestron CGEM German Equatorial Mount. <
>Orion 190mm Maksutov Newtonian Reflector mounted on a Celestron CGE Pro German Equatorial Mount. <
>Televue 102iis Refractor mounted on a Celestron CGE Pro German Equatorial Mount. <
>Orion Starshoot Pro CCD camera taking images through an Orion 190mm Maksutov Newtonian OTA on a Losmandy G11 mount and autoguided with an Orion Starshoot Autoguider through an Orion EON 72mm refractor. <
>Orion Starshoot Pro CCD camera taking images through a Televue 102iis refractor on a Losmandy G11 mount and autoguided with an Orion Starshoot Autoguider through a Televue 85 refractor as well as shooting through a Meade 10" LX200R OTA and autoguided with a Orion Starshoot Autoguider through a Orion 72mm Eon Refractor. <
>Meade 12" LX200 "Classic", Televue 4X Powermate, and Lumenera SKYnyx2-1C for imaging Planets.<
>Televue TV102iis Refractor, Losmandy G11 Equatorial Mount, Meade Tripod, Televue 2X Powermate, and Canon 20Da DSLR for imaging Comet Holmes/17P".<
>Televue TV102iis Refractor with Coronado 90mm h-alpha solar filter, Canon 20Da or 400D (XTi) DSLR".<
>Canon 20Da DSLR controlled by a Cercis Astro DSLRStar, shooting through TV-85, and piggybacked on a Meade 12" LX200 "Classic".<
>Televue TV-85 Refractor w/Coronado 40mm h-alpha solar filter, Orion 150mm Maksutov with white light solar filter, and Coronado CaK P.S.T. Solar scope, each mounted on a Meade LXD-75 German Equatorial Mount, with Nikon CP995 Digital Camera, and Intec 5" LCD Monitor for focusing<
>Meade 12" LX200 & ST-8XE CCD Camera<
>Meade 10" LX200R on Losmandy G11 GEM for CCD, webcam, & solar imaging<
>Televue TV-85 Refractor w/Coronado 40mm h-alpha solar filter and Meade 8" SCT OTA w/1000 Oaks white light solar filter on a Losmandy G-11 mount, with Nikon CP995 Digital Camera, and Intec 5" LCD Monitor for focusing<
>Planet Cam - Modified Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000<
>18" F/4.5 Obsession Dobsonian #282 with Nova primary mirror, Argo Navis, and ServoCat GOTO System.<
>Davis Vantage PRO Wireless Weather Station.<
>Meade Instruments Web Page<
>Santa Barbara Instrument Group (CCD) Web Page<