GEAR
Astrophotography gear
Optics, mount, camera, and software used for published projects.
Optics
Sky-Watcher · Explorer 150P
Sky-Watcher Explorer 150P
With the TS MaxField 0.95× corrector, the effective focal length is about 713 mm, for a focal ratio close to f/4.75.
- Type
- Parabolic Newtonian
- Aperture
- 150 mm
- Focal length
- 750 mm
- Focal ratio
- f/5
- Secondary mirror
- 47 mm
- Coating
- RAQ™ ≤ 94 %
- Tube
- 5,3 kg · Ø 180 × 673 mm
Mount
Sky-Watcher · NEQ6-Pro
Sky-Watcher NEQ6-Pro
- Type
- German equatorial GoTo
- Payload
- 18,2 kg
- GoTo
- SynScan · 42 000+ objets
- Pointing
- ≤ 1′
- Slew speed
- 3,4°/s (800×)
- Guiding
- ST-4 port · 0.25×–1×
- PEC
- PPEC
Camera
Canon · EOS 2000D modified
Canon EOS 2000D (modified)
- Sensor
- CMOS APS-C · 22,3 × 14,9 mm
- Resolution
- 24,1 MP · 6000 × 4000
- Pixel size
- 3,72 µm
- ISO
- 100–6400 (H 12800)
- Processor
- DIGIC 4+
- Modification
- IR-cut removed · Hα ×3–4
ZWO · ASI2600MC Pro
ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
On Astro Poulpe: gain 101, cooling usually set to -5 °C, with long exposures especially on narrowband nebulae.
- Sensor
- Sony IMX571 OSC · APS-C
- Resolution
- 26 MP · 6248 × 4176
- Pixel size
- 3,76 µm
- Peak QE
- ~80 %
- Full well
- 50 ke⁻
- ADC
- 16 bit
- Cooling
- 2-stage TEC · ΔT 30–35 °C
Guiding
ZWO · ASI120MM Mini
ZWO ASI120MM Mini
- Sensor
- AR0130CS mono · 1/3″
- Resolution
- 1,2 MP · 1280 × 960
- Pixel size
- 3,75 µm
- Peak QE
- ~80 %
- ADC
- 12 bit
- Frame rate
- 35 fps
- Weight
- 60 g
TS-Optics · TSL60D
TS-Optics TSL60D 60mm
- Type
- Achromatic refractor
- Aperture
- 60 mm
- Focal length
- 240 mm
- Focal ratio
- f/4
- Focuser
- Helical 1.25″ / T2
- Weight
- 563 g
Filters
Optolong · L-eXtreme 2"
Optolong L-eXtreme 2"
Hα/OIII dual-band filter used under Bortle 7 skies, mainly on emission nebulae where contrast holds despite light pollution.
- Type
- Narrow dual-band
- Bandwidth
- Hα + OIII · 7 nm FWHM
- Transmission
- T > 90 %
- Blocking
- 300–1000 nm · > 99 %
- Thread
- 2″ M48
SVBony · UHC 2"
SVBony UHC 2"
- Type
- Broadband UHC
- Use
- Light-pollution reduction
- Passed lines
- Hβ, OIII, Hα
- Thickness
- 1,85 mm
- Thread
- 2″ M48×0,75
Software
Stefan Berg · NINA
N.I.N.A.
- Role
- DSO acquisition and automation
- License
- Open source (MPL 2.0)
- Platform
- Windows 10/11 64-bit
- Control
- Native cameras · ASCOM · Alpaca
- Features
- Sequencer, plate solving, framing
Pleiades Astrophoto · PixInsight
PixInsight
- Role
- Astronomical image processing
- Platform
- Windows · macOS · Linux
- Preprocessing
- WBPP
- Tools
- SPCC, deconvolution, gradients
- Architecture
- 64-bit, modular
Accessories
TS-Optics · TSKomaKorr 0.95x
TS-Optics Maxfield Coma Corrector 0.95x
- Type
- Newtonian coma corrector
- Reduction
- 0.95× · 150P → ~713 mm f/4.75
- Optics
- 3-element modified Wynne
- Backfocus
- 55 mm depuis M48
- Illumination
- 100% Ø 35 mm · 95% Ø 43 mm
- Compatible
- Newton f/4–f/6