ELATE observatory - Velimir Popov

E Q U I P M E N T

Further down is panoramic view from the place where I intend to build my own observatory. It is located about 20 km in a straight line from the border of Sofia, the city where I live. Unfortunately, Sofia like most of European cities is terribly light polluted urban zone. My spot is behind small mountains and combinations with altitude of 1220 m above see level will give me relatively clear and dark nights...

Click to see 240 degrees panoramic view from ELATE observatory

OPTICS
CELESTRON C-11" XLT (Schmidt-Cassegrain) – carbon fiber tube – f/10		APO Refractor SCOPOS TL 906 APO - Triplet Cemented Lens - Aperture 90mm, f/6.7
TS Triplet Super APO 90/600mm - FPL53 - air spaced		TASCO 114 (Newton) - Aperture 114 mm - Focal Length 500 mm - f/4.4
MOUNTS
CGE mount – CELESTRON		CGE pier adapter
EQ1 - without motor drives
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
ATIK 4000 – My old Artemis 4021 was transformed by the service of ATIK to ATIK 4000 - two stage Peltier ΔT=-40°C, with optional water assist full temperature regulation		DMK 21AF04.AS-Monochrome FireWire Astronomical Camera up to 60 frames per second
CANON DSLR's - unmodified - EOS 5D and EOS 350Dx		Starlight Xpress Lodestar Autoguider
PHILIPS SPC 900NC – 1.3 Mpx CCD webcam with adapter - for T-2 with1,25" filterthread
EYEPIECES, REDUCERS, FLATENERS ETC.
BAADER Micro Guide Illuminated "Reticle" Eyepiece - 12.5mm orthoscopic eyepiece (Abbe design)		Vixen Ortho eyepiece - 25 mm Vixen Ortho eyepiece - 9 mm Vixen Ortho eyepiece - 4 mm
Plössl – 32 mm Plössl – 12.5 mm Plössl – 6 mm Plössl – 4 mm		Powermate 4x - TeleVue
2" Focal Reducer Alan Gee - f 6.3 with SC adapters		TMB Designed Field Flattener 0.8x WilliamOptics for refractors
2" Quartz DIELECTRIC star diagonal mirror, 99% reflectivity, 1/10th wave optical quality		TsFlat2 - 2" Field Flattener. The flattener has 45mm clear aperture for refractor telescopes from f/5 to f/8
FILTERS
Astronomik LRGB Set 4 x 1,25" (RGB and UV-IR cut)		Astronomik H-alpha CCD-Filter 12nm, 1,25"
Astronomik O III CCD-Filter 12nm, 1,25"		Astronomik S II CCD-Filter 12nm, 1,25"
Astronomik ProPlanet 742 IR-pass filter		Filter set: #12 Yellow, #21 Orange, #23A Light Red, #56 Green, #82A Light Blue, Polarizing and Crystalview Moon filters
ACCESSORIES
SupaSlim TrueTechnology Computerized Filter Wheel - 8 x 1,25" filters		ATiK manual Filter Wheel - 5 x 1,25" filters
Three axes counterweights for Duomount		Van Slyke Instruments - 2" TOADLOADER Docking Focusers with Robo-Focus system
Duomount for Losmandy Format Telescopes (1Vixen, 1Losmandy)		Robo-Focus - Technical Innovations
2" SCT-Focuser 2" with 1.25" adaptor and 1:10 microfocuser		MAX 5 - Robo-Focus adapter (holder)
Guide Rings -BALeit1 (60-120mm)		MAX 3 LC - Laser collimator

BINOCULARS
BPC 10 x 50