
Equipment
Here are pictures of my C-11 imaging rig rebuild. To be continued.
My equipment includes:
- Celestron C-11 scope with many custom modifications.
- WO-80ZS refractor scope for imaging and guiding. Remote focusing via RoboFocus.
- Losmandy G-11 mount with FS-2 goto system with ESCAP micro-stepping motors.
- ST2000XM imager with 237 guide chip
- SX LoadStar guide camera.
- CFW-8 filter wheel with A-Don LRGB filter set and Astronomik 13nm Ha filter.
- Optec TCF-S focuser
- Optec 0.5 focal reducer
- Modified Celestron 0.63 focal reducer
I use the following software for scope control and image aquisition:
- WinXP Pro
- Remote Desktop
- The Sky 6
- CCDSoft 5
- T-Point
I use the following software for image processing and remote access to observatory over network:
- WinXP Pro
- Remote Desktop
- MaximDL CCD 3.21
- Corel Paint 9
SkyCam
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