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Specifications

Aperture (mm):

279.4

Focal Length (mm):

2800 (1960 with reducer, 540 with Hyperstar)

Focal Ratio:

F10/F7/F2

Optics:

Schmidt-Cassegrain Reflector

Mount:

10Micron GM1000

Camera:

ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro

Guidescope:

Guide camera:

ZWO ASI174MM-Mini

Filter wheel:

Filters:

Chroma LRGB + 3nm SHO

Focuser:

Moonlite Litecrawler Focuser-Rotator

Rotator:

Moonlite Litecrawler Focuser-Rotator

Reducer:

Celestron 0.7X Reducer or Starizona Hyperstar (used only on some images)

Power/USB hub:

Pegasus Pocket Powerbox Advance Gen 2

Control computer:

Intel NUC 12 Pro

Flat panel and cover:

Spike-a Flat Fielder

Other accessories:

Jackery 1000 power supply

Celestron 1100 EdgeHD

Installation and operational notes . . .

The Cat’s Butt Nebula – NGC 2467 & Sh2-311

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Messier 80

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Messier 107 – Crucifix Cluster

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Messier 68

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Messier 53

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Sh2-274 (Abell 21) – The Medusa Nebula

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Messier 102 – The Spindle Galaxy

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Sh2-284 – The Portal Nebula

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NGC 4725

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The Razorback (LDN 1610 &1609) and the Little Tulip (LBN 902)

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Pugnacious Protostars Pollenate a Perilous Pretty Pistil – The Rosette Nebula

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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - January 26, 2023 - Closeup

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The Cone and Fox Fur Nebulas with the Christmas Tree Cluster

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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - January 19, 2023 - Closeup

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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - January 13, 2023 - Closeup

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The Tadpoles – Simeis 129 & 130 in IC 410

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Messier 78 (M78, NGC 2068) – Casper the Friendly Ghost Nebula

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Embryo Nebula (NGC 1333, vdB 17)

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Fossil Footprint Nebula Central Region (NGC 1491, Sh2-206)

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NGC 281 – The Pac-Man Nebula

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The Manatee Nebula – LBN 251 (IC 1318A)

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Hudson Bay in the North America Nebula

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The Cygnus Wall in the North America Nebula

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The Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) – A Mother and her Chick

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IC 5068 – The Dick Tracy Nebula (or the Foresaken Nebula)

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Sh2-112 (DWB 174 & 175) – The Nautilus Nebula

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The Cove in Cygnus – LBN 292

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Simeis 57 (DWB 111 & 119) – The Propeller Nebula

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The Hungry Frog – Sh2-115 & Sh2-116 (Abell 71)

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Shai-Hulud – Wolf-Rayet 134

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Sh2-101, the Tulip Nebula, and the Cygnus X-1 Bow Shock

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NGC 6543 (Caldwell 6) - The Cat’s Eye Nebula

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A Twisted Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major – NGC 3718

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Abell 31 (Sh2-290) – A Planetary Nebula in Cancer

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Messier 51 (M51 & NGC 5194) – The Whirlpool Galaxy

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IC 443 (Sh2-248) – The Jellyfish Nebula

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NGC 2174 - Monkey Business

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NGC 7380 – The Wizard Nebula

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Melotte 15 Closeup

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IC 63 - The Ghost in Cassiopeia

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NGC 7635 – Bubble Nebula in the Foraxx Palette

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NGC 7635 – Bubble Nebula in the Hubble Palette

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NGC 660 – A Polar Ring Galaxy

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Messier 75

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Messier 72

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Messier 71

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Messier 56

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Messier 12 – The Gumball Cluster

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Messier 92

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Messier 103

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Messier 9

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Messier 52 – The Scorpion Cluster

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Messier 3

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Messier 2

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Messier 10

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Messier 5

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Messier 15 – The Great Pegasus Cluster

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NGC 6974 & 6979

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Messier 93 – The Critter Cluster

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NGC 6995 (Caldwell 33) – The Bat Nebula

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NGC 6960 (Caldwell 34) – The Witch’s Broom

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NGC 6979 – Pickering’s Triangle

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The Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula – Messier 16

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NGC 5907 – The Splinter Galaxy

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Messier 49

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Messier 100 – The Blow-dryer Galaxy

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Messier 94 – The Cat’s Eye Galaxy

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Messier 59 and 60

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NGC 4244 (Caldwell 26) – The Silver Needle Galaxy

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Messier 63 – The Sunflower Galaxy

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Messier 85

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Messier 104 – The Sombrero Galaxy

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NGC 2683 - The UFO Galaxy

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NGC 4631 (Caldwell 32) & NGC 4656 – The Whale and Hockey Stick Galaxies

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NGC 4565(Caldwell 38) – The Needle Galaxy

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Leo Triplet

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Messier 64 – The Black Eye Galaxy

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Messier 96

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Uranus with Four Major Moons

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Messier 108 - The Surfboard Galaxy

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Messier 97 – The Owl Nebula

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Messier 109

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NGC 247 (Caldwell 62) - The Needle's Eye

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Messier 105

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Messier 95

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NGC 1316—Fornax A

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NGC 1365 - The Great Barred Spiral Galaxy

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NGC 253 (Caldwell 65) - The Sculptor Galaxy

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NGC 7293 - The Helix Nebula

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Messier 42 (The Orion Nebula) and Messier 43 (de Mairan's Nebula)

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The Abell 262 Galaxy Cluster

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Jupiter

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NGC 891 (Caldwell 23) - The Silver Sliver Galaxy

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Uranus

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Saturn

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Venus

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Mars

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Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

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