Waiting for darkness in final imaging mode at the dark sky
site of the Astronomical Society of New South Wales (ASNSW)
This was the first of three nights in a row used to compile this data set:
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/centaurus_a
Astrophysics 152EDF Starfire APO
A 6" oil spaced triplet lens using FPL53 center element
with 4" field flattener
Takahashi NJP german equatorial mount (Total PE < 3") controlled by FS2
Finger Lakes Instrumentation ProLine16803 CCD with colour filterwheel-5-7
80mm ED refractor for guiding using a Starlightxpress SXV-H9
Astroart5 for camera control, preprocessing and alignment of frames.
Astronomik Type IIc 50mm square low reflection LRGBHaOIIISII filter set
STAR Atlas:PRO for mount control
Astro-Handy Light ring for flats
For images from this setup see:
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/recent_images