Primary Site Links
Astronomy Links
Universe Today Mt. Wilson Towercam Solar and Heliospheric Observatory American Observatory Webcams Dimension Point Observatory SMAP Webcam Heavens Above Satellite Tracking
Other Items
Noise Reduction Tools Color Correction on Saturn Image Mike Askew Photography
Primary Equipment
- Celestron C-11 SCT
- Televue NP-101 Refractor
- CGE Mount
- ST-10 XME CCD Camera
- AO-7 Adaptive Optics Unit
- CFW8-A Color Wheel
- Optec TCF-S
- Optec Pyxis Field Rotator
- Philps ToUCam Pro
- The Imaging Source DFK 21AU04 USB Color Camera
Older & Semi-Retired Equipment
- Celestron C-8 SCT
- CG-5 Mount
- NGF-S focuser with DRO and SmartFocus
Computer & Software
- Computers
- Scope PC: Pentium Core Duo 2.2 Ghz, 2gb RAM Windows XP Pro
- Processing PC: Pentium Core Duo 2.3 Ghz, 3gb RAM, Windows XP Pro
- Laptop: Lenovo Thinkpad R61, Core 2 Duo 2.2 Ghz, 3gb RAM, Windows XP Pro
- Acquisition Tools
- The Sky 6 Professional Edition — Planetarium / Star Chart
- Maxim DL — Camera Control
- Focus Max — Focus Automation
- Pinpoint Astrometry Engine — Plate solving
- CCD Commander — Acquisition Automation
- NexRemote — Telescope Interface
- NexHub — Serial Port Replicator
- Ascom Platform — Telescope Integration Platform
- Processing Tools
- Maxim DL — Data Reduction / Calibration
- CCDStack — Image Combination
- Registax — AVI Combination
- PixInsight — Core Image Processing
- Adobe Photshop CS2 — Final Touch-up
- Occasional Tools
- CCD Soft — Camera Control and Data Reduction
- TPoint — Telescope Pointing
- Starry Night Pro 6 — Planetarium
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