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My Equipment

My current astronomical equipment:

  • Orion Optics UK SPX 250, F4.8, 1/10PV (10" Newtonian)
  • GC5-GT GoTo mount and tripod
  • Philips SPC900NC webcam (LX and AmpOff modified) for lunar and planetary imaging and autoguiding
  • Canon EOS 1000D with 1.25" and 2" T-Adapter, unmodified
  • 3x and 2x Barlow 1.25"
  • 2x Barlow 2"
  • 0.5x Focal Reducer 1.25"
  • Meade 1.25" Star Diagonal
  • Filters:
    • IR (block)
    • Light Pollution (1.25" and 2")
    • Moon (0.6 density, 25% light transmission)
    • Green/Yellow (#11)
    • Red (#25)
    • Blue (#47)
  • Eyepieces 1.25"
    • Antares 40mm Plossl, 52 deg
    • Standard 20mm Plossl
    • 7-21mm Zoom
    • 5mm, 8mm & 15mm Paradigm Dual ED, 60 deg
    • 4mm Super Ramsden
  • Eyepieces 2"
    • 28mm

Equipment photo gallery
(these still show my previous scope, a Celestron C8-N, pictures of the SPX will follow)