Equipment
Fun but also quality of the outcome strongly depend on the components used. This is why my astronomical equipment is changing over time as I am always on the hunt for the stuff best suitable for me and my aspirations.
Observatory
- Dome: Baader Planetarium 2,6m "Economy Automatic", insulated
- Pier: Baader Planetarium 1,80m
- 2x GigE at the pier base
- 12V DC outlets at the base of the dome ring
- LED illumination in red and white, switched
- 2 GigE POE Pan/Tilt surveillance cams
- Fluorescent marking of north, east, west and south directions
- 240V AC power outlets in all corners of the room, at the pier base, the pier table and on the mount
- 12V DC switched power outlets (XLR) at the top of the pier and on the mount
- USB 3.0 active 7 Port Hubs at the top of the pier and on the mount
- Weather station: Davis Vantage Pro2 Plus with WeeWX software on Raspberry Pi
previously used: Conrad Electronic wireless weather station Professional USB WS-0101 with Cumulus Software
Mount
- 10micron GM3000HPS, remote switchable and via LAN remote controlled; Baader dome is slaved to the mount
- for mobile use: Skywatcher StarAdventurer
Telescopes
- main instrument: Astro-Physics StarFire 155 EDF Refractor with optional 4" reducer or 2.7" flattener
- Planetary instrument: Meade LX200 EMC 10" SC, optimized with Peterson Engineering EyeOpener and improved focuser
- Guiding: Astro Professional 80mm ED Refractor
- Wide Field: Meyer Görlitz 180mm f/2.8 with Micro focussing
- Sun observation: Lunt LS35THa deluxe - h-alpha Telescope
previously owned:
- Meade 178 ED APO Refractor (sold)
Cameras
- ZWO ASI1600MM Pro with motorized filter wheel and Baader filters
- DeepSky: Canon EOS 1000d
- DeepSky: Canon EOS 1000da (astro-modified with Baader Filter)
- DeepSky: Nikon D700 (full-frame)
- Planets / Guiding: ZWO ASI120MM
- Planets: TIS DFK51AU02.AS
- AllSky: Moonglow All Sky Cam PAL-Version
