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Capturing the Wonders of Space

I’m fortunate to have two deep-space imaging rigs – here’s the details of the equipment I use to gather the data, and the software I use to process that data into the images you see on the site.

Rig One - Main Nebula Rig

This setup is my "workhorse". With a focal length of just over 400mm and light enough to carry outside to my permanent pier setup without giving me a hernia it is my weapon of choice for the majority of my clear nights

Skywatcher EQ6R Pro

Heavy Duty computerised equatorial GoTo mount

William Optics FLT91

91mm apochromatic reducer with a 0.8x Focal Reducer

PlayerOne Poseidon-M Pro

APS-C Monochrome Sensor

PlayerOne Phoenix Wheel

2″ 7 position electronic filter wheel, with Player One L, R, G, B, S, H, O filters

Meie Quiter 4C

Fanless mini PC for telescope control

ZWO EAF

Electronic Automatic Focus module

Pegasus Mico

Power distribution controller

Rig Two - Bigger and Deeper!

My secondary rig features a 1000mm focal length scope with a small sensor camera - perfect for capturing galaxies and smaller cosmic objects. It's a much heavier setup, so can only be used on the pier mounted EQ6, not my smaller more portable HEQ5 mount. Eventually I'd like to have both scopes on permanent piers - but that's probably going to have to wait for a house move!

Skywatcher EQ6R Pro

Heavy Duty computerised equatorial GoTo mount

Askar 130 PHQ

130mm apochromatic refractor with a 1m focal length

ZWO 533 MM Pro

1″ square monochrome sensor

ZWO EFW

8 Position 1.25″ electronic filter wheel

Meie Quiter 4C

Fanless mini PC for telescope control

ZWO EAF

Electronic Automatic Focus module

Pegasus Micro

Power distribution controller

Software - Control and Processing

Here’s some of the software that I use to aid with image acquisition – and also the tools that I use to process that raw data into the images displayed on this site.

N.I.N.A

Telescope control and image acquisition software

PixInsight

Image processing

 

PHD 2

Autoguiding software

ASTAP

Platesolving and imgage inspection

 

Adobe Photoshop

Image Editing software