New 'not so' Widefield Rig

[giorgio_ne]

Here is the fruit of my new project waiting for dissipating cloud cover:

Lenses: NIKKOR 180mm f/2.8 ED AI-s  (displayed) or Samyang 135 f/2

Camera: SX-825 Mono

Focuser: Hitecastro DC Focus + Skywatcher Motor Focuser

Server: Raspberry Pi3 running INDI 1.3

Lens Mount: Geoptik CCD adapter with embedded Baader Ha 7nm 1.25" filter.

The whole assembly rides on my Takahashi EM-200 Temma 2M and is entirely controlled by the Raspberry Pi attached on the side. For capture I plan to use a variety of clients over WiFi like: CloudMakers AstroImager, KStars or PixInsight. If I get tired of INDI, the Intel NUC running Windows 10 and SGP can go on the driving seat instead of the RPi3.

The FOV of this rig is not particularly wide but, if money will allow, I might get one of those new APS-C sized cmos cameras from QHY due to be released in the future. Also in the pipeline is a an autoguider, probably the QHY MiniGuideScope kit. I will bolt it on the Geoptik adapter itself.

 

Clear skies!

G.

 

[xtreemchaos]

that's a very neat setup mate, well done, I look forward to the images you get with it.  thanks,  charl. 

[wimvb]

Nice looking setup. Will be interesting to see how it performs and what it catches. Keep us informed.

Good luck with it, I hope you get some clear skies soon.