Stuff that I use
Telescopes
- Astrolon Refractor
- 60 mm aperture
- 750 mm focal length
- Fork mount
- Bresser Refractor
- 102 mm aperture
- 1000 mm focal length
- Bresser equatorial mount
- Celestron C8N Newtonian reflector (“Fernseher” — translates as “Television”)
- 8″ aperture
- 1000 mm focal length
- Celestron CG5 motorised equatorial mount
- Celestron C11 Schmidt-Cassegrain (“Viewfinder”)
- 11″ aperture
- 2800 mm focal length
- Celestron CGEM computerised equatorial mount
Eyepieces
- 2″
- TS Optics Superview 42 mm
- TS Optics Superview 30 mm
- 1.25″
- TS Optics SuperPlössl 40 mm
- Celestron Plössl 40 mm
- TS Optics SuperPlössl 32 mm
- Celestron Plössl 20 mm
- TS Optics WA12 mm
- TS Optics Planetary 8 mm
- TS Optics Planetary 4 mm
- TS Optics Planetary 2.5 mm
- TS Optics 10 mm internally-lighted crosshair eyepiece
Filters
- Colour/damping filters
- Neutral grey 12.5 % transmission
- Neutral grey 25 % transmission
- Red
- Green
- Blue
- Light green/yellow
- Continuum filters
- Baader AstroSolar optical solar filter for Astrolon refractor
- Baader AstroSolar optical solar filter for C8N
- Baader AstroSolar optical solar filter for C11
- Baader UHC
- Baader H-beta 8.5 nm bandwidth
- Baader OIII
- Meade OIII
- TS Optics IR/UV blocker
Amenities and adaptors
- Viewfinders
- two Celestron 9×50 refractor viewfinders
- no-name light-dot viewfinder
- Optical niceties
- 2″ 90° prism
- 1.25″ 90° mirror
- 2″ field reducer for C11
- 2″ Sideview tracking prism
- Adaptations
- T2 adaptor ring for Alpha mount (Minolta/Sony lens mount)
- T2 adaptor ring for TS Optics Superview eyepieces
- 2″ 30 mm extension sleeve for 2″ eyepieces
- 2″-to-1.25″ eyepiece adaptor
Cameras
- Trust generic Webcam, IR filter removed, adaped for 1.25″
- Bresser WiFi planetary camera
- Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D
- Sony Alpha 900
- Ownuser (TM) programmable camera remote for Konica Minolta/Sony Alpha
Software
- Orientation
- Starry Night Digital Download Edition, on MacOS
- KStars on Linux
- Celestia, on MacOS and Linux
- Skychart, on MacOS, iOS and Linux
- Pocket Universe, on iOS
- Image editing
- Lynkeos (Darkframes/Stacking), on MacOS
- Siril (Darkframes/Stacking), on Linux and MacOS
- Affinity Photo, on MacOS and iOS
- the GIMP, on Linux and MacOS
Status: 2019-07-07