Every clear night starts here — the imaging train atop the mount, cabled for power, focus, guiding and filter wheel control, ready to run unattended for hours.
Below is the full equipment list currently in use, from optics to processing software.
My current setup is
01 — Equipment
Optics
- GSO RC10 Truss
- Skywatcher ED120 Pro
- Takahashi FS-60
Mount
- 10Micron GM2000 HPS II
CCD
- Apogee Alta U9 + Optec IFW
- Moravian G2 8300 Mark II + EFW-2S-7
- ZWO ASI2600MM Duo
- Sony a7S (DSLR)
Filters
- Astrodon RGB · Baader RGB
- Astrodon Hα 5nm
- Baader OIII 8.5nm · SII 8nm
Guiding
- StarlightXpress Lodestar
- Moravian off-axis guider
- Altair Astro 60mm
Focuser
- Optec TCF-s
- Moonlite NiteCrawler
Reducer / Flattener
- Starizona Apex ED 0.65x Reducer / Flattener
All images are processed with PixInsight, with selected corrections in Photoshop. The 10Micron GM2000 HPS uses absolute encoders on both axes — precise enough to guide-free, correcting mount movement the way a real autoguider would. Learn more at www.10micron.com.