Observations, observation site and equipment

Star Party 7 V 2008

Star Party 10 IX 2012

The house among the green landscape of southern Silesia

The small dark creature in the middle of the upper picture it is my astro-dog, dachshund "Lea" warming herself in the morning sunlight

Typical night views of the observation site are shown below

Equipment:
8 inch SCT Celestron Nexstar 8i (with "goto" system), Orion ED-80 APO on SkyViewPro, 20(30)X77 Miyauchi binocular, Canon 18x50 IS UD AW, Minolta Activa 10X50 WP FP, Canon EOS Rebel/300D with EFS 10-22mm/3.5, Sigma 70-300mm APOII, Practica MTL & Zenitar 16mm & Zeiss Sonnar 3.5/135mm.

On the picture below: General overview of ED80 on SkyViewPro, Celestron 8" with GOTO system, Miyauchi binocular

ED80 on SkyViewPro with piggy backed Canon 300D

Taurus truss-tube dosonian (50cm f/4.6) nicknamed "Behemoth"

Detail of TAURUS-"Behemoth" with TeleVue Nagler 31mm eyepiece & Telrad finder