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Moon, 20cm SCT, F10, stacked stills.
Massive sunspots of Sept 4, 2017, stacked stills from video, solar filter, colored.
Equipment Used
All astro-images on this site were taken with the following equipment...
Telescope #1
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Celestron model 8SE (20 cm SCT, F10 optics with a GoTo drive on an Alt/Az mount).
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Light shield over the objective.
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RACI finderscope (9x50 right-angle finder with lighted cross-hairs).
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Bahtinov mask.
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Five-position filter wheel.
Telescope #2
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Orion ST-80, (80mm/F5 refractor).
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Bahtinov mask.
Camera #1
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ZWO ASI-178mm monochrome camera.
Camera #2
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Canon 80D DSLR.
Software
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Fire Capture (camera control and image downloading, free).
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AutoStakkert or RegiStax or Deep Sky Stacker (image stacking, all free).
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Zoner Photo Studio (image processing similar to Photo-Shop, purchased).
Imaging Filters
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Deep Red Filter - Improves atmospheric seeing and image contrast when imaging planets, Sun and Moon.
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1000 Oaks LP-1 Light-Pollution Filter - For dual-band Ha and OIII emissions of emission nebulas. It also moderately reduces light-pollution.
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ZWO IR/UV Cutoff Filter - To remove bloated stars due to focusing issues at IR & UV frequencies.
Misc Equipment
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0.5x Focal Reducer - increases field-of-view 4x, reduces exposure times by 75% (turns my F10 'scope into an F5). For full effect its location within the imaging train is important.
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Laptop - for camera control and image download.
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Shelf - at a convenient stand-up height for laptop use.
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Table - for those needed accessories.
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Large Plastic Tub - for convenient outside equipment storage.
The White Zone
An Urban Astronomer's Light Pollution Guide to Balcony Imaging
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