Cooled CCD-camera at telescope
The photo on the left-hand side shows the telescope ready for imaging the night sky with a cooled CCD camera. The numbers in the photo mark the single components.
1 = Main optic Celestron C9.25 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope
2 = 9 x 60 finder scope
3 = Guiding optic Celestron C5 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope
4 = 6 x 30 finder scope
5 = Mount Losmandy G-11 Gemini on tripod
6 = Celestron reducer f/6.3
7 = Photographic adaptor
8 = Extension tubes
9 = CCD-camera Atik 314L
10 = USB-cable to CCD-camera
11 = 12V-cable to CCD-camera
12 = Atik USB-filter wheel
13 = Control box for filter wheel
14 = USB-cable to filter wheel
15 = Control cable to filter wheel
16 = CCTV-Kamera Watec 120N
17 = Control box for CCTV-camera
18 = Losmandy DSBS dove tail device
19 = 12V-cable and video cable to autoguider (TVGuider)
20 = 220V outlets for power supply of various transformers
For control of CCD-camera and filter wheel a notebook computer is used. Camera and filter wheel are control using Atik's proprietary ArtemisCapture software.
For Autoguiding I use the TVGuider device by Martin Myslivec that works with a CCTV-camera standalone without the need of a computer. The built-in LCD-display shows the image of the guiding camera and the various control parameters. Any star or comet core visible on the display can be selected for guiding.
The image on the left-hand side shows the "control center" for imaging the night sky with a cooled CCD-camera. The numbers in the photo mark the single components.
1 = Notebook for control of CCD-camera and filter wheel
2 = Handset for control of Losmandy G-11 Gemini mount
3 = Autoguider unit TVGuider
4 = Autoguider cable to mount
5 = Video-in socket for CCTV-camera
6 = 12V-socket
7 = USB-port for control of CCD-camera and filter wheel