Equipment
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Mount and mounting gears
- Sofware Bisque Paramount MX+ German Equatorial Mount.
- ADM Accessories Max Guider and DSAD-M6- D Series Saddle
- Optec Pyxis 2" GEN3 camera field rotator.
- Pegasus Astro Falcon camera field rotator.
- iOptron iEQ30 Pro mount.
Telescopes
- CFF Telescopes Europe RC250 F/8 with a 3" Feather Touch focuser and FocusLynx Dual-Focus Control System and QuickSync FT motor.
- Stellarvue SVQ100 F/5.8 APO quadruplet with an Optec DirectSync SV focus motor.
- Meade series 5000 102mm f/7.0 triplet ED APO with a 3" Feather Touch focuser and QuickSync FT motor.
- Stellarvue SV80ST F/6 APO Triplet with an Optec DirectSync SV focus motor.
- William Optics GT81 IV F/5.9 APO with a Sesto Senso 2 focuser motor.
Imaging
- Moravian Instruments C1x 61000 Pro 9576 x 6388 mono CMOS IMX455.
- FLI ML-16200 4500 x 3600 mono CCD.
- Pegasus Astro Indigo 7 positions filter wheel.
- FLI CFW2-7 7 positions filter wheel.
- FLI CFW1-5 5 positions filter wheel.
- ZWO ASI ASI294MC Pro 4144 x 2822 color CMOS camera.
- ZWO ASI 174MC-Cooled 1936 x 1216 color CMOS camera.
- ZWO ASI 290MM Mini 1936 x 1096 mono CMOS camera.
Filters
- Astrodon Gen 2 E-Series LRGB set, 50mm dia. unmounted
- Astrodon narrow band 5nm Hydrogen Alpha 50mm dia. unmounted
- Chroma LoGlow and RGB filters 50mm dia. unmounted
- LUNT Solar Wedge(1¼")
- Baader Solar Continuum (1¼")
- Baader UV/IR-Cut / L (2")
- Baader UV/IR-Cut / L (1¼")
- 131mm (5.16") Class A Identi-View Solar filter from J.M.B Inc.
- 67mm (2.64") Class A Identi-View Solar filter from J.M.B Inc.
- Lumicon Deep-Sky filter (2")
- Moon filter (2")
- Orion Variable Polarizing Moon filter (1¼")
- Lumicon UHC filter (1¼")
- Lumicon H-Beta (SCT visual back)
- Meade series 4000 nebular-broadband (1¼")
- Meade lunar & planetary filter Gray (no number on it) (1¼")
- Meade lunar & planetary filter Yellow (no number on it) (1¼")
- Meade lunar & planetary filter Blue (no number on it) (1¼")
- Meade lunar & planetary filter Orange (no number on it) (1¼")
Eyepieces, Barlow, Correctors, ...
- CFF Field Flattener
- TS Optics Universal APO Flattener TSFLAT2 for refractors
- Zhumell 2" ED 2x Barlow
- Meade 1¼" series 4000 super Plössl eyepiece set (40mm, 32mm, 26mm, 20mm, 15mm, 12.4mm, 9.7mm, 6.4mm)
- Meade 1¼" Plössl 4mm
- Meade 2" ultra wide angle 8.8mm
- Meade 1¼" 12mm Plössl Wireless Illuminated Reticle Eyepiece
- Televue 1¼" powermate 5x
- Meade 1¼" 3x telenegative Barlow
- Antares 0.7x 2" focal reducer.
Others
- FocusLynx Dual-Focus Control System
- RIGrunner 4008h power distribution
- Powerwerx 30 Amp Desktop DC Switching Power Supply
- StarTech 2-Port Industrial USB to Serial Adapter
- StarTech 4 Port Industrial USB Hub
- Kendrick Digifire 7 dew controller with heaters
- 2 Baader VariLock 46 - variable T2 extension 29-46mm.
- Shoestring Astronomy GPUSB usb to guide port adapter (used with Astro IIDC or PHD)
- Howie Glatter 2" laser colimator
- EOS 2" threaded adapter
- EOS T-ring adapter
- T-Ring to 2" adapter (for prime focus)
- SCT visual back to 2" adapter
- C-mount to 1¼" adapter
- C-mount to T-Ring low profile adapter
- 12V 35Ah battery
- ScopeTronix adaptview (for the 8.8mm UWA eyepiece)
- Televue powermate T-ring adapter
- 2 Bahtinov masks
- 2 x 2" extension tubes.
- A few extra dovetails and rings to accomodate different imaging configurations
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