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Telescope
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LX200,
300mm aperture, 3000mm focal length fork mounted Schmidt-Cassegrain.
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Autoguider
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ST-237A
on a separate 80mm f/5 achromat guide scope with motorized positioner.
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Focuser
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RoboFocus
system driving the LX200 primary focuser.
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CCD
Camera
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In-house
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Cooled
KAF0400/KAF1600 CCD camera, Ethernet interface.
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CCD
Camera
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ST-8i,
cooled CCD camera, 1530 x 1020 pixel array, 9 x 9 micron pixels,
Ethernet interface
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CCD
Camera
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ST-6,
cooled CCD camera, 375 x 242 pixel array, 23 x 27 micron pixels.
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Video
Camera
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Astrovid
2000, high sensitivity video camera, modified for remote control
operation.
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Allsky
Camera
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In-house
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Allsky
meteor detecting and recording camera.
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| Video Camera | Logitech | Quickcam 4000, a USB webcam excellent for planetary imaging. |
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Software
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Telescope
Control
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TheSky,
Arguably the best planetarium/telescope control package available.
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Telescope
Control
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TPoint
telescope pointing error modeling software. I use the Software
Bisque version.
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Camera
Control
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MaximDL
ASCOM compliant camera
control and image processing package.
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Focuser
Control
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FocusMax
ASCOM compliant autofocus
routine.
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Image
Processing
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IRAF,
the professional standard for astronomical image processing. Sadly,
*NIX only.
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Image
Processing
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Iris,
an excellent (and free) image processing program.
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Image
Processing
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CCDSoft,
a good program that I use mainly for its excellent astrometry tools.
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Meteor
Detection
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Metrec,
meteor detection and identification program.
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| Webcam | Peter Katreniak | K3CCD Tools, used for webcam acquisition and processing |
