The Club's Optical Craftsman EQ Mount and me
Club's Big OC EQ mount and Me
Date: 10/05/2006
Big OC EQ mount and Me. Had just finished re-furbishing the club's mount, so I thought I'd get a picture before I scratched that new paint job.
10 inch LX200R
My 10" meade LX200R
Date: 02/19/2008
My 10" Meade LX200R riding on my Skywatcher EQ 6 equitorial mount. Thank you Santa!
C Eliot Field Big OC Apr 27 07 B
The Big OC Rig out on CE observing Field
Date: 04/27/2007
The Club's Big OC Rig out on CE observing Field. Notice Jupiter rising in the east (to the right in the image, and Covington's skyglow to the west.
Jon Zombie 08
At the 07 Zombie Party with my SN8
Date: 04/12/2007
At the 07 Zombie Party with my SN8. The horse trailer has a coffee maker and a microwave...Very handy for extended stays and a big hit at the Zombie Party.
SN 8 rig
This is my Meade SN 8 on the Skywatcher EQ6 mount
Date: 03/23/2007
This is my Meade SN 8 on the Skywatcher EQ6 mount out on the CE observing field. Ive finally gotten some rings to add a guide scope to this rig.
Michigan scope
This is my Meade LXD55 AR6 on an Antares 48" portable pier, at the Fishing Cabin in Bretheren Michigan, Fish all day, observe all night!!
Date: 03/15/2004
This is my Meade LXD55 AR6 on an Antares 48" portable pier, at the Fishing Cabin in Bretheren Michigan, Fish all day, observe all night!! Notice 2 LXD55 mounts? Couldn't stay out all night with just one telescope, now could I?
C Elliott Moonlight big oc 2
Another shot of the clubs big Optical Craftsman 12.5" F/6 Newtonian Reflector, and club trailer to lug it arround with. It's a "Beast"
Date: 04/27/2007
Another shot of the Clubs big Optical Craftsman 12.5" F/6 Newtonian Reflector, and Club's trailer to lug it around with. It's a "Beast". This is what the field looks like after the sky clears and a long exposure begins to show the skyglow towards the North and West.
Truck and AR6
AR6 refractor at Hightower Elementary School
Date: 03/23/2006
AR6 refractor at Hightower Elementary School Space Camp '06.
Taking Delivery 2
Mr. Charles Gale donates a magnificent Optical Craftsman 12.5" Newtonian reflector on a huge equitorial mount to the club.
Date: 08/05/2006
Mr. Charles Gale donates a magnificent Optical Craftsman 12.5" Newtonian reflector on a huge equitorial mount to the club.
OC scope on field
Theo and Ken help set up the Big OC rig on the observing field
Date: 03/01/2008
Theo and Ken help set up the Big OC rig on the CE observing field...I think that was the scope's second or third evening out after I re-furbished the mount and tweaked a few bits. But that wasn't the night the RA drive corrector started to smoke, was it?
SN8 truck
Here's the SN8 on my LXD 55 mount with my big red 12 volt power supply on the C Elliot observing field
Date: 02/16/2007
Here's the SN8 on my LXD 55 mount with my big red 12 volt power supply on the CE observing field. I've got an 80mm F/11 refractor piggybacked for my first attempt at autoguiding...I'm still trying to work the bugs out a year later. Go figure!