My first telescope cost about 5p to make. It consisted of a 2" diameter water pipe, a lens I got by harrassing
some local opticians to give me their old unused lenses, and a plastic lens from a toy binocular. Simple but I thought
it was great and enjoyed views of the moon. That was in about 1970, my equipment is a bit more advanced now and
expensive too!
Current long focal length setup: a Vixen VMC260L f/11.5 reflector and SBIG ST10 CCD co-aligned with a William
Optics FLT98c f/6.8 refractor and filter modded Canon 40D. Mounted on an Astrophyiscs AP900. MaximDL controls the
mount and the ST10. Canon software controls the 40D.
Current short focal length setup: a Takahashi FSQ106N f/5 refractor astrograph and SBIG ST10 CCD co-aligned with a William
Optics FLT98c f/6.8 refractor and filter modded Canon 40D. Mounted on an Astrophyiscs AP900. MaximDL controls the
mount and the ST10. Canon software controls the 40D.
A previous long focal length setup: an Orion Optics (UK) f/5 reflector and SXV-H9 CCD. It is co-aligned
with a Pentax 75 refractor.
It is mounted on a Celestron CGE mount. The mount is controlled via the Celestron computer program NextRemote. The
camera is operated using MaxIm DL v4.
A previous short focal length setup: a Takahashi E130 f/3.3 Newtonian Astrograph and Artemis 11002 CCD.
It is mounted on a Celestron CGE mount. The mount is controlled via the Celestron computer program NextRemote. The
camera is operated using MaxIm DL v4.
Previously I used Takahashi TOA-130 f/7.7 refractor and SXV-H9 CCD.
Before the TOA-130 I was using a Meade 12" f/10 LX200GPS SCT and for short focal length imaging either a Takahashi Sky90 or FS-60C.
