Equipment and Software
My current equipment includes a Mountain Instruments MI 250 GEM mount. This mount is extremely stable and has excellent periodic error and can handle up to 60lbs of scope and accessories. I have this mount installed in my roll off roof observatory in my backyard.
(NEW Feb 12) The roll off observatory has been retired to visual only. See my new “Observatory” page.
Several telescopes are used with this mount including my 10” Carbon Fiber Astrograph (Pictured on the left) which can be used at f5 and f3.79, and my Stellarvue SV90T(pictured on the right.
I am currently using the QSI 583 camera with Astrodon 31mm filters and a SBIG STL 11K camera with Custom Scientific filters.
For traveling I have a Astrotrac portable pier system which is used with a Canon 350D/5D DSLR camera and several lenses. This system provides extremely nice wide field views of the sky.
SOFTWARE
I currently use the following software:
Maxim DL 5 (image acquisition, Observatory control)
Focus Max (Automated focusing)
MaxPoint(Mount Modeling)
CCD Commander (Automation)
The Sky (Planetarium)
Astro MC (Dome Controller)
PixInsight (Image Processing)
Photoshop CS5 (Image Processing)