Equipment.
I like to have some new toys to play with from time to time.... Almost all of my equipment was/is acquired second hand, saving quite some money on some items.
My telescope is sheltered in a roll-off roof observatory.
Equipment I use now:
MOUNTS
Astro-Physics AP1200 mount (fixed station in roll-off roof observatory).
Astro-Physics Mach 1GTO CP3.
Vixen GP Photoguider (type 2).
TELESCOPES
Takahashi Mewlon 300 mm Dall-Kirkham Cassegrain.
Lunt LS60Tha, Double stack LS50FHa, B600 zenithprism, B1200 straight-through.
IntesMicro Alter M706 maksutov-cassegrain.
CAMERAS
SBIG STL-4020M, SBIG ST-10XE, SBIG ST-402ME (as autoguider).
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 24-105 L IS USM, Canon EFS 17-85 mm IS USM , Canon EF 16-35 mm L USM, Canon EF 100-400 mm L IS USM, Canon EF L 300 f/4 IS USM, Sigma 4.5 mm f/2.8 DC HSM, Sigma 10 mm f/2.8 DC HSM..
SKYnyx 2-0M camera..
Equipment I have used in the past:
MOUNTS
Fullerscopes Mark IV mount.
Observatory mount ALT-AD7, controlled with an Astro-Electronic FS2.
Mobile mounts: Vixen Super Polaris, Vixen Super Polaris DX, Vixen Atlux, Vixen Photoguider (type 1), Millenium Mount with FS-2 (mobile) , Takahashi EM200 with Astro-Electronic motor set and FS-2.
TELESCOPES
60 mm achromat refractor.
110 and 150 mm newton (self made mirrors, instrument and mount).
200 mm f/6 Newton (Fullerscope mirrors, self made tube).
250 mm f/6 Newton.
Celestron 5, 8, 9.25, Celestron 11 , 14.
Vixen VMC260L with Feathertouch focuser.
Lichtenknecker Optics Flat Field Cameras (500 mm fl f/3.5 and 750 mm fl f/4).
Polarex 75 mm f/15 refractor.
Vixen 80 mm f/5, 90 mm f/10 and 100 mm f/10 refractors.
Takahashi FS-102, FS128, FSQ-106N and FS60C refractors.
Opticon 250 mm f/15 SCT.
Takahashi Epsilon 160.
Takahashi CN-212 Cassegrain-Newton.
APM/TMB Triplet APO CNC 115 mm f/7 refractor.
APM/TMB Triplet APO CNC 80 mm f/7.5 refractor.
Coronado SM60+TMax60+BF15 or BF30 (used on the TMB's above).
Vixen VC200L VISAC reflector.
Coronado PST.
CAMERAS
Starlight Express SX CCD, SBIG ST-4, SBIG ST-5, SBIG ST-7, SBIG ST-8(E), SBIG ST-10XME, Starlight Express HX-516 CCD cameras.
Pentax *ist D, Tamron 300 mm f/2.8, Tokina ATX 80-200 f/2.8, Sigma 400 mm f/5.6, Pentax 100 mm f/2.8 macro.
Canon EOS 350D and 400D.
Kiev 66 medium format camera with Arsat 30, Mir 65 and 80 mm objectives.
Pentax KM, Pentax K1000, 35 mm, 55 mm, 135 mm, 200 mm objectives.
DMK21AF04 and DMK41AF02 cameras.
As you can see, the sun is allways shining in our garden....