Equipment
Questar 3.5" standard with BB coatings
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Powerguide II controller (modified by Questar for auto-guiding)
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Questar Declination Drive
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Tiffen tripod with adjustable head from Company 7
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Starlight Xpress MX916 camera (USB interface)
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STAR 2000
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Shoestring Astronomy GPUSB guide interface
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Nikon CP880 w/ Harbortronics Digisnap 2000
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Philips ToUCam Pro webcam
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Orange-micro iBot webcam
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PC-164 video camera
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Imaging Source DMK 31AF03 firewire camera
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Questar Piggyback camera mount
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Questar counterweight
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Questar camera coupling set
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Questar 100 mm focal reducer
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Meade .33 focal reducer
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Questar 2x Barlow
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210 mm zoom camera lens
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300 mm zoom camera lens
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Adapters
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P to SCT
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P to T
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T to P
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Nikon to C
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C to P
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P to 28 mm
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28 mm to Nikon CP camera (UR-E2)
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1.25" slip fit to 28 mm (eyepiece coupler)
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additional extension tubes (came with the Meade focal
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reducer)
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parfocal eyepiece extension tube
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Brandon to standard filter adapter
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True Technology filter set w/ micro filter unit
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Atik-MFW filter wheel
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Meade 12 mm illuminated reticle eyepiece
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Computers and stuff
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MacBook
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Parallels software
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Serial to USB adapter (keyspan)
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AstroArt 2.0 image acquisition software
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Keith's Image Stacker
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Photoshop
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Astro IIDC
Camera set-up for imaging the moon and planets
New set-up with filter wheel and video camera
My Observatory
(not recommended)