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The Astrophotographer
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Photograph of the Schmidt and myself at the Mohave National Preserve
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The Photographer |
I first became interested in astronomy in 1967, joining the Phoenix Observatory Association in 1968. During High School I worked evenings at the
Pomelo Park Observatory setting up the 12.5" Optical Craftsmen Telescope for public viewing. They had a darkroom which enabled me to
pursue astrophotography. My Schmidt was the ultimate film astrophto system. Currently I am shooting CCD exclusively except for the 4x5 ,The
Pentax and Nikon are now used for star trails etc.
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Telescopes |
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Takahashi Epsilon 160 f 3.3 w / Robo-Focus |
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9" f2.5 Schmidt Camera - 35mm format |
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Celestron 5.5" Schmidt Camera - 35mm format |
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Orion 80mm short tube refractor- used as a guide scope |
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8" Celestron SCT |
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Meade 60mm x 700mm guide scope |
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Cameras |
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Pentax 67 medium Format |
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Pentax 35mm Fisheye, 55mm f4 ,165 f2.8 lenses |
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Huetech battery eliminator and remote power cord |
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Nikkormat w/ 35mm f2.8 |
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Canon 20D DSLR |
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Canon 24-70 f2.8L , Canon 70-200 f2.8L , Canon 1.4 Extender, Tokina 12-24 f4, Canon 50 f2.5 Macro, Canon 200 f2.8L |
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Custom built 4x5 all sky camera w/ Pentax 35mm fisheye |
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Mounts and Accessories |
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Astro Physics 1200GTO |
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AP pier |
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AP 1200RP mounting plate |
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Parallax mounting rings |
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Losmandy DSBS side by side plate |
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Mueller Mounting plate |
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Camera Ball mount for Dec shaft |
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Polar scope |
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Losmandy GM-8 mount |
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2 large marine batteries and a Kendrick 17ah battery- for long trips |
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4 panel Solarex cells with 21amp ICP charge controller for remote battery charging |
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Honda 2000 watt generator |
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CCD cameras |
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SBIG STL 11,000 M w/ Custom SCientific RGB,C,L & Ha 4.5nm Filters |
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SoCal Canon EOS lens adapter for STL camera |
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SBIG ST-4 autoguider |
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Digital Processing Equipment |
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Computer- 2.8 Pentium-4 w/ 2GB RAM |
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Monitor - NEC 2010 Flat panel |
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Scanner -Polaroid 120- firewire |
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Canon Pixma 4000 |
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Sony VAIO laptop- 2.8 P4 |
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Monaco color calibration system |
contact me at : azastro@cox.net
