Equipment

 

    The telescope I use is a Meade 10" SCT mounted on a Losmandy G-11.  I use an Olympus OM-1 35mm camera to take the shots and scan the negatives with an Acer Scanwit 2720s scanner.  I process the images using Adobe Photoshop.  I just recently purchased an SBIG ST4 autoguider and am looking forward to taking longer exposures with it.

 

 

 

In this picture you can see my typical photo setup.  I have my Taurus Tracker II attached to the OTA using a 2" back.  Attached to that is the device I use to focus with.  It is an Olympus camera body with a ronchi screen fixed at the film plane.  A diagonal sends the image through an eyepiece to magnify.  Once the image is focused I simply replace with my Olympus which has the film in it and take the picture.  Note the 80 mm scope riding piggyback which I used to take some of my shots with.

 

 

This picture shows the mirror locking screw located next to the focus knob I use to minimize mirror shift.

 

 

        Here are a couple of accessories I use.  The one on the left is my home made dew heater.  I soldered together some resistors, glued them to a strip of laminate and it fits nicely in the front of the scope.  The second picture shows the power supply I use (I have two of these).  It has two 12v outlets and can even jump my car!  I got these at SAM'S club for $50 each.

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