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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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(includes UV, NIR blocking) |
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Astrodon
5nm 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 |
ZWO ASI174MM camera |
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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 on camera |
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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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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
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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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speaker |
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Startech
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 NUC supply |
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3 unused ports |
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Power Switch, Sky Quality, Cloud Watcher controlled by
physical switch |
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TP-Link
Litewave 5 port Gigabit ethernet
switch |
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Digital
Loggers Power Switch |
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Intel NUC computer |
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home
LAN |
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2
unused ports |
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Startech 10 port USB 3.0 hub
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AP900 (with Keyspan
USA-19HS 1 port USB 2.0 to serial adapter) |
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Planewave
EFA (with Digitus
USB 2.0 to serial adapter from Planewave) |
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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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MGBox temperature probe |
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power
meter (monitors AP900) |
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ST-402 |
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external
port 2 |
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external
port 3 (sky
quality meter & cloud watcher) |
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Digi-Key
768-1013-ND FTDI USB 2.0 to serial adapter (drives Cloud
Watcher) |
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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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MGBox V2 |
monitor temperature, pressure, humidity, GPS |
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Hotech
Advanced CT Laser Collimator |
scope collimation |
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Alnitak Flip-Flat |
electroluminescent flat device for FSQ-106 |
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Alnitak Flat-Man L |
electroluminescent flat device for Planewave |
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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 10 |
Operating
system |
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Software |
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ASCOM
6.6 plus: |
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AP900
ASCOM driver |
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APCC
Pro 1.9.4.3 |
AP900
pointing & tracking correction |
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MGBox ASCOM v1.6 |
MGBox driver for APCC |
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MaxIm
DL Pro 6.28 plus |
currently used only for calibration |
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CCDPlugFingerLakes 1.2.3.0 |
Interface
to FLI hardware |
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PinPoint 6.1c |
Plate solve used by MaxIm |
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ASTAP |
Plate solve used by NINA |
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PWI
3.5.5 |
control Planewave focus, fans, heater |
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PHD2
2.6.11 |
guider |
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TheSkyX
10.5.0.13243 plus plugin: |
planetarium & control scope |
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X2AscomTelescope
1.0.2 |
interface to AP900 ASCOM driver |
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NINA
2.0 RC001 |
Image capture |
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CCDStack 2.95 |
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align/stack/stretch & build RGB |
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eXcalibrator 6.2 |
color
balance |
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Photoshop
CS6 64 bit plus
plugins/actions: |
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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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Russell
Croman;s StarXTerminator
1.2.2 |
Remove
stars |
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Topaz DeNoise AI 3.5.0 |
smooth
image |
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Rogelio
Bernal Andreo’s HLVG |
remove
green coloring |
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Rogelio
Bernal Andreo’s WhiteCal |
color
balance |
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Support |
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Sky
Tools Professional 4.0j R14 |
session
planning |
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Software |
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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 3.2.1.0 |
Sky
Quality monitor |
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SharpCap 4.0.8718 |
polar
alignment |
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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
1.8.8-7 |
image
processing |
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AutoStakkert 3.1.4 |
planetary
image processing |
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RegiStax 6.0 |
Planetary image processing |
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Real
VNC |
remote control |
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Radmin 3.5 |
remote control |
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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 several scopes, CCD
cameras and CMOS 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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