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Equipment

    Optics

  • Takahashi FSQ-106 - 106mm (4") f/5.0 Flourite refractor.
  • 12.5" RCOS w/ field flattener corrector.
  • Takahashi TOA-130 - 130mm (5") f/7.7 Triplet Ortho Apochromat refractor.

    Camera Equipment

  • Astronomik - Hydrogen Alpha, OIII and SII filters.
  • SBIG - AO7 Adaptive Optics Unit (for guiding).
  • SBIG - CFW-8 Filter Wheel (including Custom Scientific LRGB filter set).
  • Nikon 2DX dslr camera
  • Phillips Toucam 840 Pro Webcam
  • SBIG - ST-2000XCM, ST-10XE ,STL-11000XM and STL-6303E CCD Cameras.

    Mount

  • Astro-Physics AP1200
  • Paramount ME
  • Takahashi - NJP Temma 2, Go-To mount.

    Accessories

  • Denkmeir - Denk II binoviewer (allows for binocular views - great with twin 19mm Panoptics!
  • Takahashi - Various LE eyepieces.
  • TeleVue - Various assorted Nagler and Panoptic eyepieces.
  • Optec - TCF-S Focuser (for Meade and TOA-130).

    Software

  • Adobe - Photoshop CS2.
  • Diffraction limited - MaximDL v. 4.0X.
  • - CCDsoft v.5, CCDSharp, CCDOPS.
  • Software Bisque - The Sky 6 and T-point.