Equipment

My current equipment consists of the following items:

Telescopes:

- Vixen VC200L (VISAC) - Modified Cassegrain, Aperture 200mm, 

Focal Length 1800mm, 

Focal Ratio f/9.0 (the telescope comes with a Vixen aluminum case);

Vixen VC200L focal reducer f/6.4; Parallax rings for Vixen VC200L

- Vixen ED 81S - ED apochromatic refractor, Aperture 81mm, Focal Length 625mm, 

Focal Ratio f/7.7; Vixen ED81s focal reducer f/5.2

- Skywatcher 9x50 finderscope (used as guiding scope)

- Skywatcher EvoGuide 50ED (used as guiding scope)

Mount:

- Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro Synscan with Synscan v3 hand controller (Equatorial Mount, 

used for astrophotography); ADM dual saddle for HEQ5 mount; belt modification

- Vixen SPHINX mount (tripod version SXW) with Starbook hand controller

(Equatorial Mount, used for optical observation)

Camera:

- QHY 533M (Sony IMX533 CMOS sensor) + QHY CFW3S-SR filter wheel + 

Astronomik L,R,G,B CCD filters + Ha Baader CCD filter (CCD astrophotography)

- Canon EOS 450D digital SLR camera + Canon EF 24-85 mm f/3.5-4.5 USM lens +

Canon EF 200 mm f/2.8 L USM lens (Widefield astrophotography)

- Imaging Source DMK21AU04 monochrome USB camera 

(Used for guiding during astrophotography sessions)

- ZWO ASI120MM mini mono (used for guiding)

Eyepieces:

Vixen LV 20mm + TeleVue 15mm plossl + Vixen 12.5 mm orthoscopic with illuminated

reticle + Baader Hyperion Aspheric, 36mm + Explore Scientific 82º Series Eyepieces,

8.8mm + Televue 2.5x powermate

Filters:

Baader Planetarium: Astrosolar filters

Other:

Sky Surfer III Led pointer, Baader CkickLock adapter, handmade Flat Box, 

Bahtinov mask, Geoptik Quilt Bag for telescopes and mount, Geoptik Telescope Cover, Digipod A 2541P Tripod, Manfrotto 496 RC2 Ball Head, William Optics 2" Dielectric Diagonal, Telrad finder