Meade LX200 - 8 inch.
This Catadioptric telescope with the "piggy backed" 80mm Refractor on an essential equatorial wedge opened up astrophotography for me.
This "GoTo" computer controlled scope was a delight to use and gave extraordinary views of the moon and solar System. (2008) Now SOLD.
The Astro Camera is an SBIG ST2000 colour unit which performed beyound expectations providing full colour images with ease.
This Catadioptric telescope with the "piggy backed" 80mm Refractor on an essential equatorial wedge opened up astrophotography for me.
This "GoTo" computer controlled scope was a delight to use and gave extraordinary views of the moon and solar System. (2008) Now SOLD.
The Astro Camera is an SBIG ST2000 colour unit which performed beyound expectations providing full colour images with ease.
Saturn - series of black and white stacked images taken with the LX200 at 8000mm.
Difficult to comprehend that this palnet is 1.5 billion Kilometres away.
Difficult to comprehend that this palnet is 1.5 billion Kilometres away.
Night imaging set-up. with LX200 and Williams 90mm APO Refractor. (note coffee flask and "Grommet " our special feline.
