Astronomy


My Equipment List
Eye peices, diagonals, and filters:
Diagonal 1.25 Everbrite TeleVue - sold -

Diagonal 1.25 for terrestrial viewing Meade #92

Diagonal 2 Everbrite dielectric

TeleVue Diagonal 2 SCT type
William Optics D-DIG2-SCT

ep 3.5 mm TV Nagler type 6

ep 6 mm TV Radian - for sale -
ep 8.8 mm Meade Ultra Wide angle ** Sold **
ep 9 mm TV Nagler type 6 ep 9mm Celestron with sold powesold cross hair reticule.
ep 14 mm Meade Ultra Wide angle ** My 2nd favorite **
ep 14mm WA Scopetronix with adapter for Nikon cp4500 camera - sold -
ep 20mm TV Plossl - sold - ep 24 mm Meade Super Plossl - sold -
ep 28mm WA William Optics DCL-28 with adapter for Nikon cp4500 camera - sold -
ep 30mm TV Plossl ep 35mm TV 2 Panoptic ** My favorite **
ep 40 mm TV Plossl
Extender tube adapter for SCT, Televue 1.75
Extender tube 2 Televue 4.75
Extender tube 2 Lumicon 3 filter variable polarizing, Meade - sold -
filter solar Baader for 8 lx200gps - sold -
filter solar Baader for TV85
filter solar IDENTI-VIEW, Class A, glass, screw on, for TV85
filter Baader 1-1/4, UV-IR rejection filter Baader 1-1/4 solar Continuum, granulation enhancer
filters Meade planets (kit of 4) blue 80A, green 58, sold 23A, yellow 12 filter Lumicon 1-1/4. ND25 moon neutral density
filter Lumicon 1-1/4. OXYGEN-III , for nebulas especially the Veil
filter Lumicon 1-1/4. UHC, light pollution for nebulas Focal solducer Meade 6.3 - sold -
TeleVue 2.5 Powermate
1.25 TeleVue 5.0 Powermate 1.25

Miscellaneous
Cases (2) aluminum with tear out foam for ep, camera, etc. purchased at Lowes
Case hard JMI for lx200 - sold -
Case hard JMI for C8 Case Craftsman with 37 telescoping handle on wheels for miscellaneous weights, tools, and parts
Case Pelican 1620 for Losmandy G11 head
dew heater Controller, OTC 8 heater, Telerad heater, (2) 2 ep heaters,
( Kendrick) dew shield Flexi Shield dew shield Flexi Shield - sold -
Losmandy dove tail mount ring brackets for top of lx200gps - sold -
Losmandy rings for Megrez 80mm scope - sold -
Losmandy dove tail plate and Rings lx200gps 25' AC power adapter #547 - sold -
Power supply regulated Radio Shack model 22-507, 13.8 VDC, 3 amp, with cigarette lighter socket. for Gemni system.
Quick finder Telerad type device by Rigel Systems one used on TV85 one on C8 Telerad finder - sold -
Weight distribution system rails top/bottom, 5# weight, (2) 2.5# weights, (Losmandy) - sold -

Mounts:
Celestron AS-GT, CG5, Equatorial, 30# capacity, GOTO controller, with computer enabled interface. A economical light weight mount which I used for traveling and school star parties. Used with the TV-85 only. - sold -
Tripod Manfrotta 2031BW with heavy duty 501 head used for TV85, Coronado P.S.T. and cameras. Losmandy G11 with Gemini control system, polar scope with illuminated reticule, weights; 7#, 11#, 21#.

Photographic Equipment
Camera Canon Digital 40D EOS, 2 batteries, 4 gig SDRAM memory
Canon lens zoom 18 - 55 mm
Canon E series lens zoom 24-105 mm, f4
Canon E series lens zoom 70 - 200 mm, f4
Canon E series lens macro 100 mm, f2,
Macro Tripod Manfrotta 2031BW with 3433 heavy duty head
T ring adapter for Canon Digital 40d

Software:
K3 CCD Tools
Images Plus 3.0
Neat Image
PHD Software (easiest guiding software to start out with)
Adobe Premium CS4
Registax - image stacking program
SkyTools 2
The Sky 6
Virtual Moon Atlas







Last updated on April 21, 2009