Your Equipment - Please post here.

In another thread a reader suggested that we list our kit in our signature. I suggested that that could make for very long threads and a better idea would be to start a thread here; maybe if enough people post the mods might make it a sticky.

I suggest it might be best if you dont comment on other peoples kit in this thread so it gets kept to the point?

Anyway to start the ball rolling heres my kit at 15/01/2006

Scopes/Mounts/Binos:

Celestron C9.25 Schmidt Cassegrain 235mm diameter, focal lenght 2350mm, with XLT coatings
Celestron Advanced Series Goto Mount
16" truss tube reflector (f/4.5) (On loan)
21" truss tube reflector (f/3.94) (On loan)
5" Maksutov Cassegrain F=1500mm
Celestron 80ED, 80mm semi-apo f/7.5 F=600mm
10x50 binocs, 16x50 binocs.

Cameras:
Modified Canon 300D 6.3MP Digital SLR
Modified (SC3) Philips toucam pro with ICX098BL sensor.

Eyepieces:
Plossls: 32mm, 25mm, 19mm, 15mm, 12.5mm(illuminated reticle) 10mm, 9mm, 6mm, 4mm. 3x barlow lens

Filters (1.25"):
Baader UV/IR, Lumicon H-Beta, Parks optical BB LPR, Baader OIII, Celestron colour filter set (8 filters)

Misc: 1.25 diagnol, 45degree erecting prism, 12v hair dryer!
Celestron radial guider.
Celestron f/6.3 focal reducer.
Losmandy guide scope attachment plate plus set of 6" scope rings 1x P266 Laptop and 1x1.5GHz laptop.

Thats about it (I think!)

Scope:
ETX-70 with standard set of eyepice, barlow ect.

Camera:
Canon 300d
Brica 4mpx

Homemade adapter for fixing the Brica camera over the eyepiece
Soon: t adapter and ring
working on a homemade wedge

Meade 16" F/4.5 Modified Dobsonian reflector.

Meade 8" LX10 Deluxe F/10 to F/6.3 S.Cass

Meade 90mm ETX RA

10X50mm Vanguard Binoculars

8X22mm Binoculars

Meade eyepieces....

Series 4000 2" SWA 32mm/ 26mm SP/ 9.7mm SP/ 6.4mm SP/ X2 Barlow (short)

Meade F/6.3 Focal reducer
Baader Astro solar filter
Light weight Photographic tripod
Fuji S5600 5.1MP 10X optical zoom digital camera (DSLR Body)
One set of eyes!

DTG 6.25" Dobsonian
Discover 20x50mm Binoculars
Liddle 10x50mm Binoculars
Generic 8x25mm Binoculars

My list:

Telescopes:
2 X Hand built 200mm F6 Newtonian reflectors (1 equatorial, 1 being rebuilt as a Dobsonian), Orion Optics primaries & secondaries.
Tasco 75mm reflector (modified as a piggyback scope on one of the 200mm reflectors).
Skywatcher 80ED F7.5 refractor.
Meade ETX-70 70mm GOTO refractor.
SkyLux 70mm refractor.

Eyepieces:
Meade MA Series 1.25" Eyepieces: 25mm, 12mm, 4mm.
Meade Super Plossl 1.25" 26mm.
Celestron Plossl Series 1.25" Eyepieces: 32mm, 15mm, 9mm, 6mm.
HM Series 0.95" Eyepieces: 20mm, 12.5mm, 6mm.
Skylux Series 1.25" Eyepieces: 25mm, 12mm, 4mm.

Extras include:
1# handmade equatorial wedge for ETX-70 (thanks Dave MacDonald!), 3# 6 X 30 Finderscopes, 1# 45 degree Erecting Prism, 2# 2X Barlows, 1# T-Adapters and projection barrells for the cameras.

8-24 X 50 Optus binoculars.
Meade 8 X 50 binoculars.

Baader solar filters for 200mm, 70mm, binoculars, camera lenses, Skywatcher 80ED, and naked eye.

Cameras:
Canon 350D DSLR with 28-80mm and 70-300mm lenses. Various accessories.
Cosina 4000S manual 35mm SLR camera with a couple of detachable lenses.


Seanie.

Telescopes:
Celestron CR150 6" F8 Refractor+advanced astro master
Tasco 114mm reflector, re-alu mirror and 1.25" fittings
Televue Ranger

Bino's:
Bushnell 7x50
Generic 10x50

Camera:
Minolta srt-210 w/ 50mm f1.7
Minolta dynax 4 w/ 28-100+75-300mm
Fuji Finepix 2800z

Eyepieces:
all Plossls :lol:

and one night sky that keeps getting worse