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My Very First Telescope (click) This was back in the late 1950s to around 1960. |
MI-250 Gem Mount Page (click)
Here you will find out about
all things for the Mountain Instruments MI-250
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(Left & Above) My latest imaging setup -
- Mountain Instruments 250 GEM mount page click MI-250 Page
- TMB 80/480 Carbon Tube Super APO
- Televue NP-127 f/5.2 Flatfield Astrograph
- 10" LX200R Ritchey-Chrétien OTA - Fully Flocked Flocking LX200
- ST-10XME w/CFW10 filter wheel
- ST-402 w/RGB filter wheel autoguider & imager
- Assorted Nagler eyepieces for visual
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I added an additional 3-point ring to the TMB80/480 in order to steady/handle the extra weight of the CCD and reducer.
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(TOP) SBIG ST-10XME w/CFW10(Astrodon LRGB plus Ha,SII, & OIII)
(BOTTOM) SBIG ST-402ME with LRGB filter
Wheel |
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My older setup with Televue NP101 APO piggybacked on 10"LX200 |
My older setup with TMB 80/480 Carbon APO w/SBIG ST-10XME & SBIG ST-402ME on
10"LX200 |
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12mm, 17mm, 22mm, 31mm Nagler Eyepieces -- Televue Enhanced 2"
Diagonal
Filters: 2" Lumicon Deep Sky Broadband & UHC Narrowband, 1
1/4" Broadband |
Plossls: 9.7mm, 26mm, 32mm, 12mm Astrometric Illuminated |
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Focal Reducers: Meade 6.3 and 3.3 Meade
Variable Polarizer for Moon Meade Variable Projection Tele-Extender T-Adapter
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Meade ZOOM 8-24mm 45 degree Erect Prism
Eyepiece Holder |
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Losmandy Dovetail System -- Ring Mounts and Counter-Balance |
Canon 300D Digital Rebel w/512mb CF memory card |
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100ft CAT5 to USB Repeater works great even with another 20ft
added! This allows me to focus and download images remotely using
either DSLR Focus or ImagesPlus software. |
100ft Parallel Port Cable with added 20ft works to allow extended
exposure control from my PC in the house using either DSLR Focus or
ImagesPlus software. |
