headpicwpo-My Meade LX200 SCT & ETX-70    plus SX Lodestar-C one-shot colour cam
Lodestar mono or colour CCD camera ~ £395 from Starlight Xpress Ltd

early mono ETX-70 DeepSky... 

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Images via an uncooled LODESTAR-C CCD in brief exposures - the cam has CMYG Sony colour chip and USB2 powered via single lead to laptop.   The controlling SX software,  via UBS2 to laptop, gives near live-view as images are downloaded.   Sametime auto-guiding+imaging possible! The 30cm [12"] f/10 Meade LX200 SCT with Meade x0.3 FR = 1130mm fl f/3.7 FR and 20' x 13' fov.   

Diffuse + Bright nebula
 elephants trunk ic 1396 cepic 1396 cep efinderm16 eagle neb serpenscirrus [east] cyg
Globular + open clusters
n7006 gc delm15 gc pegm2 gc capn6749 gc aqlm13 gc herm13 gc her best yet!n2158 oc gem nr m35
Galaxies
stephans quintet pegn7331 pegn7331 + glxysn891 edge-on and
Moons of Uranus + Neptune - summer 2010
jupiter+uranus+satsuran satsnep sat tritonnov+sat tritonnep sat tritonura satsura satsura sats
Moon + Pluto - Jupiter
gibbous moon fovmoon low southmoonmoon limbpluto in sgrjupiter at f/20

Popular deepsky objects in brief exposures via one-shot SX Lodestar-C without additional filters eg no IR-block or minus-sodium LP filters
M51 galaxy 30s cam view+eyepiece viewm87+ field galaxiesm87 blackhole jet in colourm13 globular in herm56 globular in lyrm92 globular in herm51 whirlpool galaxym51 in 20s + 80squasar 3c273 in virlynx quasar @ 12BLYlynx quasar @ 12BLYm82 glx mix UMa in colourm82 cigar gxy umam81 umam57 lyrn884 pern869 perPer Dbl clusterm31 corem108 glx uma

More globular/open clusters including M13 in 1s exposure !
m13 gc in 1s exp ! herm13 1-20s exp herm92 5s exp hern6229 gc herm56 gc lyrm5 gc serpal 5 gc serm12 gc ophm14 gc ophm10 gc ophm13 gc herm11 oc sctm13 gc 20s her

southern summer globulars
m19 gc ophngc6539 gc sern6325 gc ophn6144 gc scom4 gc scom80 gc scom24 oc sgr

Abell galaxy clusters : A2218 in Draco @ 2BLY lenses galaxies @ 13 BLY [Hubble image = APOD 2010 June  20]  +AGC 2065 CBr + Her quasars
 abell 2218 lensing galaxiesabell 2065 cbrq1630+377 herq1628+380 herq1526+285 her

Solar system - Pluto in Sgr + Comet McNaught 2009 R1on northern horizon over London
pluto in b92 sgrcomet mcnaught 2009r1comet mcnaught 2009r1 negativecomet mcnaught 2009r1comet mcnaught 2009r1

Meade ETX-70 on patio in alt-az mode - 10s exposures of a few DSOs
etx on patio altaz modem51 finderm13 10s altaz modem5 10s altaz modem92 10s altaz modem57 10s altaz modem5 10s altaz mode

The piggybacked Meade ETX-70 70mm f/5 OG gives 80' x 60' wideangle fov views including Comet McNaught 2009R1
etx-70+DSOsm13 gc herm53 gc herm3+ngc5053 gc in Comam56 gc in lyrn5634 gc virm97 owl pne umam51 whirlpool galaxy CVnm101 glx UMam81-82 glx UMam81 glx UMa in colourm8101 glx UMa monom82 glx UMa in colourm95/96 glx leom65/66 glx leom57 pne lyr cometmcnaught in percometmcnaught in per

Meade LX200/ETX-70 special projects via Lodestar-C CCD
crescent moon spectrummars+pollux+regulus spectravs xylyr colcomet wild in vircomet wild in vir 30cm SCTm87jet=saturn diamrgb offset v sx s/ware for colour photometry?M87 jet rgb split via SX s/swareM87 jet rgb split

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