Setup in Concord , Ohio. 16 Inch Meade with Takahashi FSQ 106N piggybacked. Pier is movable up and down.
My first Meade LX 200 telescope. This was a 12 inch telescope that I purchased in 1997.
My next upgrade came in 2004 when I purchased the 14 inch Meade LX 200.
Homedome in Chesterland,Ohio Winter
10 Foot Homedome in Mentor,Ohio
Planewave CDK 17 Telescope
I’ve changed equipment over the years. My current main telescope is a Meade 16 inch LX 850. Piggybacked on top of the 16 inch is my Takahashi FSQ 106ED which is used for wide fields. I have to cooled digital cameras from SBIG. I have the Sbig 2000 XM camera and the Sbig STT 8300 camera. With the Sbig STT 8300 I also use SBIG adaptive optics AO – 8T. All the equipment is housed in my Technical Innovations 10 foot homedome and is remotely controlled from the control room in my garage. My telescope is mounted on a Astro Physics 1600 GTO mount. My pier is adjustable in height with a travel of over 3 feet.You can click on the photographs of my set up to enlarge them and see comments.
Andromeda Galaxy M31
Taken on 9/19/20 with my Takahashi FSQ 106N refractor telescope. Andromeda the closest Galaxy to our Milky Way. It can be seen with the naked eye under good dark skies. It appears as a small fuzzy cloud when viewed with your naked eye
