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Equipment Page |
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Olympus OM-1 MD 35 mm SLR
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This camera is no longer produced. This particular model comes from the mid 1970's. What makes this camera so appealing to astrophotographers is it's simplicity. The camera requires no batteries to function, giving the ability to keep the shutter open for as long as you like . |
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22 & 12mm Nagler Type 4 eyepieces |
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Televue 2.5 X PowerMate |
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Televue Naglers are the Rolls Royce of eyepieces. The Type 4 line gives a huge 82 degree apparent field of view, along with huge eyerelief allowing eyeglass wearers to take in the whole field. These eyepieces give you a space walk type feeling. Cost of these two eyepieces combined is around $800.00. Is it worth it? Well someone once told me the eyepiece is half of your scope, and the Nagler eyepiece is almost always the better optical half. |
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The PowerMate serves the same function of a barlow lense. The 2.5x PowerMate multiplys the power of your eyepiece by 2.5x. The PowerMate by Televue, is by far superior to a normal barlow lense. Again you pay more for this item than a standard barlow...but there is no comparison. |
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10 mm Illuminated Reticle |
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An illuminated reticle eyepiece is a crucial gadget. It projects a double lined crosshair in your field of view (FOV). It is a must have for the drift method of polar alignment, and also is a great piece of gear for aligning a goto scope. This model is made by Antares. |
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Lumicon OIII line filter |
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This filter isolates just 2 doubly ionized oxygen lines at 496 and 501 nanometers. This filter makes it possible to see dim diffuse planetery and emission nebulae. |
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Lumicon UHC (Ultra High Contrast) Filter |
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By far the most used filter I own. This filter is a light pollution killer. It blocks almost all mercury vapor and high pressure sodium light. This drastically blackens the background while letting through oxygen lines at 496 and 501 nm, and also the H-Beta line of 486 nm . These are all wavelengths of light which nearly all nebula emit. |
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Click here for all the specs on the scope |
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Back to 4 C's Observatory |
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