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My astronomy equipment

Over the years, I have constantly improved and modified my setup. It started with a pair of 8x30 binos and a planisphere. For a long time I was using simple Russian achromatic refractor with 60mm objective and switchable 30x and 60x power. It was crude but allowed me to see Moon, Jupiter belts and moons and the rings of Saturn. I tried to photograph Moon and planets with a webcam and a Russian MTO (1000mm f/10) lens on Orion SKyView mount. Than come CG-5, EQ-6... None of these was good enough for astrophotography, an area which I was considering for years. Than I managed to buy on Ebay a second hand Takahashi EM100 mount. It was over 20 years old and looked old-fashioned and crude, but was tracking like a gem. Since than, I have upgraded to EM200 and finally NJP. Also, in some point of time I replaced my 20cm f/4.4 Newtonian with 10cm f/8 APO (Takahashi FS102) and again this was another revolution. Since than I was able to pursue astroimaging but still views at eyepiece were nothing short of being stunning. In this gallery I will upload images of my past and present equipment setups.
TOA130 + NJP160 + FS-2 + Borg77ED + SXV-M25C
TOA130 + NJP160 + FS-2 + Borg77ED + SXV-M25C
Imaging setup and observer 1
Imaging setup and observer 1
Imaging setup and observer 2
Imaging setup and observer 2
EM-1S + SKY90 + Brog mini 45ED + SXV-M25
EM-1S + SKY90 + Brog mini 45ED + SXV-M25
EM-1S + SKY90 + Brog mini 45ED + SXV-M25 2
EM-1S + SKY90 + Brog mini 45ED + SXV-M25 2
Takahashi NJP160
:: Takahashi NJP160 ::
Takahashi SKY90
:: Takahashi SKY90 ::
Celestron C9,25 SCT
:: Celestron C9,25 SCT ::
Equipment for sale
:: Equipment for sale ::
My old astronomy equipment, most of it now sold
:: My old astronomy equipment, most of it now sold ::