Equipment
Telescopes
Telescopes are available for all levels of experience:
> Emery 16" f5 Newtonian Reflector on Fork Mount with RA and Dec drives.
This is housed in our 3m square roll off roof observatory
> 10" f6 Dark Star Dobsonian Reflector
> Orion Optics 8" f6 Reflector with Skysensor 2000 GOTO System
> Eyepieces available include – TeleVue, Vixen Lanthanum LV, Antares W70
> Plus our demonstration telescopes
We also have demonstration scopes from the Scope Shop:
> Skywatcher Explorer 130P Reflector on SynScan AZ GOTO mount
> Skywatcher Skymax 127 Maksutov on EQ3-2 equatorial mount
> Skywatcher Startravel 102 Refractor EQ1 equatorial mount
Imaging Equipment
> Starlight Xpress HX516 Monochrome CCD camera for deep sky imaging
> Mintron Astro Video Camera with PC interface – a camera with amazing
sensitivity for real-time viewing of deep sky objects.
> Nikon D50 DSLR and telescope adaptor (NEW)
> Piggy back camera mount on 16" scope and motorised equatorial mount
With this equipment you can make images of astronomical objects and take
them home on CD.
Misc.
White light solar filter to fit 8" Orion Telescope
Every effort is made to have the above equipment available at all times.
You are also welcome to bring your own equipment, however, this is done so
at your own risk.
Remember no matter how late into the night you want to observe we
will not leave you to struggle with unfamiliar equipment.
Guidance
Basic training on the use of all equipment will be provided.
If you are completely new to astronomy we can take you through the basics
of recognising constellations to the location of planets and deep sky objects
Nor will we restrict the equipment you can use due to a lack of experience.
Tour the Universe
Take a guided tour of the heavens. We will tell you the story of how ancient
civilizations named the constellations. Using the 16 inch telescope we can
take you through the Solar System then far back in time as we go into the
depths of space.
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