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Sonoran Dark Skies
Astro-Physics Starfire 140 EDT F7.5 refractor beginning 2/08/08
Astro-Physics Starfire 130 EDT F8 refractor until 1/11/08
Astro-Physics Mach1 GTO mount beginning 3/26/08
Losmandy G11 mount with Gemini control until 3/14/08
SBIG ST-2000XM CCD with the Kodak KAI-2020M chip with an active image
area of 1.92 million pixels which has 7.4 mm square microlensed pixels.
The active image area is 1600 x 1200 pixels. Includes external guide CCD.
SBIG CFW-10 filter wheel (Replaced CFW-8 w/ CFW-10 as of 8/15/08 to
add narrowband filters)
Astrodon Filters - Luminance, red, green, blue, Ha, SII, & OIII
Canon 350D (Rebel XT) modified by Hutech
8" Advanced Telescope Systems Portable Pier
Pyxis Rotator (A camera rotator to adjust the image)
Starlight Instruments motorized FeatherTouch focuser
William Optics Megrez 80mm guide scope
Finger Lakes Instruments Off Axis guider
Equipment
Imaging
Meade 10" LX200 GPS
JMI Wheeley Bars
Visual
MaximDL
CCDSoft
CCD Commander
TheSky6 Pro
CCDStack
CCDNavigator
Pempro V2
FocusMax
PhotoShop CS2
Registar
Registax
ImagesPlus
Neat Image
K3CCDTools3
Pinpoint
Software
AP 120 with Losmandy Gemini G11 Mount
AP 130 with AP Mach1 Mount
AP 140 with AP Mach1 Mount
Images of the Night Sky taken from the Sonoran Desert of Southern Arizona