Carleton House Observatory - Equipment in use
Main telescope:
Orion Optics SPX250 f/6.3 1/10th wave
Secondary Scope:
Vixen A70LF 70mm achromatic refractor
 
Guide Scope:

60mm f/6 refractor (£3 from car boot sale!)
 
Mount:
Skywatcher EQ6 Pro Synscan, connected to PC via EQDIR USB and EQMOD
Cameras:
QHY6 Pro ccd with Starlight Xpress USB filter wheel
Canon EOS400D (unmodified)
Micrometrics 122CU used for lunar imaging
Toucam Pro
Toucam Pro II SC1
Watec 902h used for asteroid occultations, high res lunar/planetary imaging and as a guide camera
Filters:
True Technology RGB filters
Baader Deep Sky H-alpha filter
Various other colour filters
Lumicon Deep Sky Filter
Baader Contrast Booster

 

 
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