Saturday, October 8, 2011

Equipment:

4se taking on the sun. That's carbon fiber, an orange telescope is too gay.

from behind

full setup, right next to my door

hacked c120, attached to a drilled eyepiece cover

close up of the cmos webcam. I want a DFK 60FPS color cam

view of the drilled hole and CMOS sensor

perfect fit, giving me around 2000mm up focal length. Need a 2x barlow!
For those interested, here is my current astrophotography setup:

1. Celestron 4se 1325mm/f13 Maksutov Cassegrain Telescope on an Alt/Az Goto Mount.
2. 25mm eyepiece E-Lux Plossl
3. Digi-T 52mm adapter (from James Kevin Ty) couples to camera
4. Solar Baader Filter Density 5.0 (solar imaging)
5. Sandy450D with 18/55mm stock lens and a 50mm prime lens.
6. Remote shutter cable (very important)
7. Logitech Webcam c120 CMOS 1.3MP 640 x 480 USB 2.0 (not as good) hacked IR filter and lens removed.
8. Wife's Asus Eee Pc.
9. Hacked PC power supply (bulky but powerful) and 12vdc 2A switched mode adapter for power needs (need to get batteries for remote imaging).

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