ASTROEDU  by Eduard Garcia-Ribera
Astrophotography
The SUN and the UNIVERSE

 MY OBSERVATORIES AND EQUIPMENT

 

 • The SUN from "BALAGUER" Observatory...  

My diurnal observatory is in the centre of Balaguer, my small city.
From here, from the balcony of my house, I take my solar photographs.

 

SOLAR EQUIPMENT:

- Telescope LUNT 100mm F/8 at 0.7A and FeatherTouch  Focuser

- Mount HEQ5

- LUNT Cak Module B600 and Telescope ED 100/900

- HERSCHEL WEDGE 2" with Continuum, polarized and Cak Filters

- Cameras DMK 31 and QHY 5

- Powermate 2.5x, B1.6x and 0.5x Focal reducer

 

 

 • The UNIVERSE from "CASALET" Observatory... 

My "nocturnal" observatory is in the "Vall d'Àger", at an altitude of about 750 meters above sea level. This is a wooden stand about 11 m2, sliding roof, which is part of a project of the "Agrupació Astronomica de Sabadell", a pioneering initiative around the world in an rural area with a limiting magnitude of the visual around 6'5.

 

ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY  EQUIPMENT:

- TITAN Mount

- Telescopes LX200 ACF 10", N250/1200

- CCD Atik 314L plus, Starlight Filterwheel and AO

- Eos 1000D

 

 

 

VISUAL EQUIPMENT:

 - Dobsonian Reflector 16"

- Eyepieces PENTAX XW SMC 20mm, 10mm and 5mm. SWAN 40mm.

- Binoculars 9x63 Vixen Ultima