My most recent equipment is in my permanent observatory, the EVENT HORIZON.You can see it “live” in the OBSERVATORY section. It is a Takahashi CN-212 telescope in newtonian mode ( for now), a QSI 583 camera with integrated OAG and a Meade DSI Pro camera as guider. Focus is done using a Robofocus system. I use a Televue Paracorr corrector ( 932 mm ) and an ASA 2” corrector/reducer ( 620 mm) . Mount is a Losmandy G11 Gemini L4 equipped with an Ovision worm gear. Software used is : Photoshop CS, MaximDL 4.10, Pinpoint, Registar, THeSky6 Pro, ImagesPlus, GradientXterminator plugin, CCD Commander , Registax ,Focusmax, ACP 5.0, Pempro Filters used are Astrodon LRGB and H-Alpha filters, an IDAS LPF filter, and Astronomik SII and OIII filters. My third generation of equipment is a Takahashi FS-102 telescope, a guidescope made of a Meade DSI Pro camera and a Miniborg 250 mm, an SXV-H9 camera equipped with a SBIG CFW10 filter wheel. Focus is done using a Robofocus system. Mount is a Losmandy G11 Gemini L4.

Here is a picture of my second generation of equipment.

The telescope is a Takahashi SKY 90. The guider is an SX guidehead with E-finder . The camera is a Starlight Express SXV-H9 with an SBIG filter wheel CFW8A .Focus is done with a Robofocus system. The mount is a Losmandy G11 Gemini.

Here is a picture of my first equipment.

The telescope is a Meade LX90 mounted on a Milburn wedge, piggybacked is an Orion 80 mm ED. The guider is an SBIG STV . The camera is a Starlight Express SXV-H9. More recently, i bought an SBIG filter wheel CFW8A and a Robofocus system.

The filters used are SBIG RGB ( Custom Scientifics), a Baader UV/IR cut filter for luminance and an H-alpha 4.5 nm from Custom Scientifics

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