Amateur astronomer living in Cornwall. My childhood passion for astronomy was rekindled a few years ago when my wife bought me a telescope for a birthday present! Little did she know what she would start. I now enjoy astrophotography and visual astronomy on those rare clear nights in Cornwall.
My current telescope: Celestron 235mm EdgeHD SCT; Celestron CGEM Mount; Starlight Express LoadstarX2 guide camera; Off-axis guiding; Feather Touch Digital Boss II Focus Control System; Primalucelab Eagle S telescope control system.
Image cameras: Celestron Nightscape 10100 RGB; Skyris 618C; Skyris 132M.
Image Capture and Control Software: Sequence Generator Pro; MaximDL; PhD2; SkyXPro; Fire Capture; iCap.
Image calibration, stacking and processing software: Registax; Autostaker; PIPP; WinJupos; PixInsight; Photoshop
Local society membership: Norman Lockyer Observatory; Kernow Astronomy Club