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Cameras |
imaging |
FLI PL-16803 camera with |
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65mm shutter |
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Anti-Dew Technology |
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FLI Centerline filter wheel with: |
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Astrodon
generation 2 LRGB E-series 50mm square filter set |
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(L includes UV, NIR blocking) |
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Astrodon
5mm Ha 50mm square filter |
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Astrodon
5nm OIII 50mm square filter |
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Astrodon 5nm SII 50mm square
filter |
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FLI Centerline to Proline flange |
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Precise Parts AP 2.7” to Centerline adapter |
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guiding |
SBIG ST-402ME camera
with |
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internal filter wheel |
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T mount to 1 ¼” nosepiece |
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Astrodon MonsterMOAG off-axis guider (AP 2.7” on both
sides) |
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1.0” x 1¼” extension tube |
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solar |
Imaging Source DFK41AU02.AS color camera (with
IR filter) |
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system |
ZWO ASI178MM Mono camera (without IR filter) |
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Coronado SolarMax 60 Ha filter with T-Max
and BF10 (0.7Å) |
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Daystar Quark Chromosphere Ha filter (0.3-0.6Å) |
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C mount to 1¼” nosepiece |
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all sky |
Starlight Xpress Oculus camera with 150° fish eye lens |
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Scopes |
high |
Planewave 12.5” CDK
scope (12’5” aperture, 2541mm focal length,
f/8) with |
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resolution |
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delta T heater |
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Electronic Focus Adapter |
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piggyback dovetail |
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Alnitak (now Optec)
Flat-Man L light “box” |
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Planewave AP 2.7” extension tube adapter |
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AP 0.60”, 0.75”, 0.90”, 1.25”, 1.75”, 2.5” extension
tubes |
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Optec 0.5” extension tube |
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AP standard & short 2” nosepiece adapters |
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wide |
Takahashi FSQ-106 EDX
III scope (106mm aperature,
530mm focal length, f/5) with |
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field |
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Takahashi focuser and CAA removed |
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Precise Parts FSQ to Takahashi Auxiliary Ring M92
adapter |
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Precise Parts Takahashi Auxiliary Ring M92 to AP 2.7”
extension tube adapter |
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FLI Atlas focuser |
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Mount |
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AP900 mount with
GTOCP3 microcontroller level V, firmware v4.19.2 |
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AP DOVELM162 16” easy balance saddle plate (3 knob style) |
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AP 900FSA flat surface adapter (fits on flat
surface of pier) |
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AP 900RPA rotating pier adapter (fits between AP
900FSA and AP900) |
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1 AP 24lb & 3 AP 18lb counter weights (with
Planewave scope) |
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2 AP 18lb counter weights (with
FSQ-106 scope) |
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La Sueur 4¼“ pier
(actually
have 2 piers for separate locations) |
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Miscellaneous |
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Intel NUC computer D54250WYK (i5
at 1.3 Ghz) for image capture with |
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Hardware |
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Crucial 8 GB DDR3 memory |
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Crucial M500 240 GB mSATA drive |
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4 USB 3.0 ports |
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1 TB flash drive
(U32 Shadow external USB 3.0 hard drive) |
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USB 2.0 hub |
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USB 3.0 hub |
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external port 1 |
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dual band 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n WiFi plus Bluetooth |
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10/100/1000 ethernet CompuLab Display Emulator |
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Cable Matters female HDMI to male mini HDMI adapter |
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Digital
Loggers Inc. Web Power Switch 7 with multiple power supplies |
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port 1: ST-402 |
Celestron
18778 2.5 amp 12v |
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port 2: PL-16803 & Centerline |
PowerSolve
PSG120-12 10 amp 12v (from FLI) |
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port 3: AP900 |
Pyramid
PS138V5A 5 amp 13.8v (from AP) |
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port 4: Planewave EFA & heater |
Celestron
18780 5.0 amp 12v |
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port 5: computer |
19v supply |
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port 6: USB 2.0 hub |
Celestron
18778 2.5 amp 12v |
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port 7: Ethernet switch |
9v supply |
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port 8: unused |
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Power Switch, Sky Quality, Cloud Watcher controlled by
physical switch |
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TP-Link
TL-SF1005D 5 port 10/100 ethernet switch |
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Power
Switch |
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computer |
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home
LAN |
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2
unused ports |
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Digi
301-1010-78 7 port USB 2.0 hub |
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AP900 (through serial adapter) |
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Planewave
EFA (through serial adapter) |
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Planewave
heater |
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PL-16803,
Centerline (& Atlas when using FSQ106) |
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THUM
temperature probe |
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power
meter (monitors AP900) |
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ST-402 |
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Anker
SuperSpeed 10-port USB 3.0 hub |
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external
port 2 |
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external
port 3 (sky
quality meter & cloud watcher) |
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8
unused ports |
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Keyspan
USA-19HS 1 port USB 2.0 to serial adapter (drives AP900) |
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Digi-Key
768-1013-ND FTDI USB 2.0 to serial adapter (drives Cloud Watcher) |
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Digitus
USB 2.0 to serial adapter supplied by Planewave (drives Planewave
EFA) |
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West
Marine Radio PWRcheck |
monitor
AP900 power |
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Unihedron Sky Quality Meter |
measures sky ‘darkness’ |
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AAG
Cloud Watcher |
monitor clouds and rain |
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THUM |
monitor temperature & humidity |
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Hotech
Advanced CT Laser Collimator |
scope
collimation |
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TeleGizmos
365 series cover 170”x56” |
mount placed at park 1 position |
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Primary |
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64 bit
Windows 7 Home Premium |
used for image capture |
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Software |
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64 bit
Windows 10 Home |
used
for image processing |
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ASCOM
6.4SP1 plus: |
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AP900
ASCOM driver |
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APCC
Pro 1.7.1.1 |
AP900
pointing & tracking correction |
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MaxIm
DL Pro 6.20 plus plugin: |
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PWI
Plate Solve 0.0.5 |
interface
to Planewave PlateSolve |
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CCDPlugFingerLakes 1.2.3.0 |
Interface
to FLI hardware |
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PinPoint 6.1c |
DC-3 Dreams plate solution |
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PlateSolve 2.28 |
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Planewave plate solution |
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PWI
3.4.1 beta 2 |
control Planewave focus, fans, heater |
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TheSkyX 10.5.0.12304 plus
plugin: |
planetarium & control scope |
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X2AscomTelescope
1.0.2 |
interface to AP900 ASCOM driver |
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FocusMax 4.1.0.91 |
automate focus |
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CCDAutoPilot
5.10.9 |
automate overnight run |
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CCDStack 2.93 |
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align/stack & build RGB image |
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eXcalibrator 6.2 |
color
balance |
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Photoshop
CS6 64 bit plus
plugins/actions: |
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Eddie Trimarchi’s FITSPlug 2 |
read/write
fit format |
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Russell
Croman’s GradientXTerminator 1.2.0 |
remove
light gradients |
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Russell
Croman’s StarShrink 0.8 |
shrink
stars |
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ProDigital Astronomy Tools
v1.6 |
special
effects |
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Annie's
Astro Actions 7.0 |
special
effects |
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Neat
Image Pro 8.3.0 |
smooth
image |
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Rogelio
Bernal Andreo’s HLVG |
remove
green coloring |
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Rogelio
Bernal WhiteCal |
color
balance |
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Support |
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Aladin 9.013 |
sky atlas |
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Software |
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Sky
Tools Professional 4.0e |
session
planning |
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CCDNavigator
2.0.78 |
session
planning |
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CCDCalc
1.4.15 |
session
planning |
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PEMPro 3.00.27 |
mount
maintenance |
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SQM
Reader Pro 3.1.1.0 |
Sky
Quality monitor |
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AAG
Cloud Watcher 7.20.100 |
Cloud/Rain
monitor |
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PWRcheck
1.48 |
AP900
power monitoring |
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CCDInspector
2.5.3 |
scope
collimation, CCDStack plugin |
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PixInsight
1.8.5.1353 |
image
processing |
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FITS4Win2
2.03 |
windows
explorer FITS plugin |
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FireCapture 2.5.03 |
ZWO
and Imaging Source capture |
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usbcam
2.4.14 |
Imaging Source camera driver |
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AutoStakkert 2.6.6 |
video
processing |
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Team
Viewer 13 |
remote control |
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Radmin 3.5 |
remote control |
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power plug |
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Note: Like every
other amateur astronomer, I’ve acquired gobs of scopes, cameras, eyepieces,
software, and miscellaneous stuff over many years including 6 scopes, 6 CCD
cameras and 4 video cameras. The above list, although intended to be detailed
& complete, only includes the equipment I currently use for imaging.
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Planewave imaging train : |
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12.5” Planewave scope with Hedrick focuser |
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Planewave AP 2.7” adapter |
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AP 0.6” extension tube |
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Astrodon AP 2.7” to MMOAG adapter (included with MMOAG) |
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Astrodon
MMOAG |
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helical focuser
train : |
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1” extension tube |
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SBIG 1¼” to T mount nosepiece |
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SBIG ST-402 camera |
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Astrodon MMOAG to AP 2.7” adapter (included with MMOAG) |
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AP 1.25” extension tube |
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Precise Parts AP 2.7” to Centerline adapter (length
0.078”) |
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FLI Centerline filter wheel |
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FLI Centerline to Proline flange |
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FLI Proline 16803 camera |
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FSQ 106 imaging train : |
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FSQ 106 EDX III scope with focuser & CAA removed
(extension tube remains on scope) |
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Precise Parts FSQ-106ED/EDX II/III (no focuser) to Tak
Auxiliary Ring M92 (length 3.0”) |
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Precise Parts Tak Auxiliary Ring M92 to AP 2.7”
extension tube (length 0.736”) |
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AP 0.90” extension tube |
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AP 1.75” extension tube |
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FLI AD58 AP 2.7” to Atlas adapter |
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FLI Atlas focuser
(focus point ~63,000 to 70,000 units out of 105,000) |
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FLI AD62 Atlas to Centerline adapter |
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FLI Centerline filter wheel |
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FLI Centerline to Proline flange |
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FLI Proline 16803 camera |
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