Left: Our
new instrument, inside the Birch Mesa Observatory in Payson,
Arizona. The mount is an Astrophysics AP1200, and the cradle
is the refurbished 8" schmidt camera cradle. On top is the
Stellarvue SV80s 90mm f/4.8 - 6 astrograph. Either one can guide
the other. On the focal plane is our SBIG ST10XME. Seen on this
side of the cradle is an 8x50 non mirror image Amici prism finder
from Orion, and on the other side is a Telrad finder.
Close ups of the System:
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Focuser with Canon XTi
Flat field screen
on back of door
What you get in the
box
Images with the Astrograph
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