Dirt Clod scope setup using an Orion ED 80 with Sbig st237a as guider and Takahashi Fs60c with Starlite Xpress SXV-H9 imager Losmandy G11 Mount with Gemini Servo controller and goto electronics
Nikon Compatible 50 to 500mm Apochromatic Zoom lens and Takahashi Fs60c. Zoom lens is coupled to primary imager and Fs60c is coupled to auto guider
Vixen R200ss 200mm Newtonian (with aftermarket focuser) tandemed with APO zoom lens. APO is primary imager in the setup and Newt is Auto guider
Starlite Xpress SXV-H9 monochrome imager and Various Filters Top Row of filters are narrowband Ha, OIII and SII
Bottom Row are Red Green and Blue. Filters are required if shooting color images with a monochrome Imager.
Moonlte Accessories Crayford style focuser installed by me on the Vixen Newt. This Focuser is a beauty and I highly recommend it for anyone wishing to upgrade from mediocre focuser. The Original factory focuser was useless in my opinion due to inherent Image shift and very coarse focus motion. In this picture one can also see the edge flange of the Televue Coma corrector inserted into the 2 inch focus drawtube. I also recommend the Coma Corrector for Newts that have a fast focal ratio. the Vix newt is an F4 and suffers from very bad off axis Coma Aberration. The Corrector solved the problem.
New Scope addition.
I recently bought a parks optical 10 inch F5 from Scope City, They really did a great job of taking care of. some small problems I initially encountered with the scope. Sam especially put in extra effort to make sure all went well, Thanks Sam!
Parks optical Newtonian set up on a losmandy G11 in preparation for 1st light testing
Looking down the business end of a 10 inch Newtonian scope