Re: [APML] Total Investment in Equipment

[Alan Voetsch <critter12952@yahoo.com>]

> So, how much do you have invested in your
> astrophotography equipment?  

Hey Glenn,

A quick work through shows somewhere between 8-10
thousand dollars worth of equipment in my possesion
right now. Sold some non-useful stuff on astromart in
the summer. That cost includes a 12" LX200, TV-85 with
an EM-1 mount, Taurus T III, 201 XT autoguider, 2 OM-1
camera bodies with a few short lenses, Losmandy
dovetail plate for piggyback work and a few other odds
and ends.

This does not include the computer we bought for image
processing that we use for everything else because we
are still too stupid to figure it out. I did buy a
SS4000 that 5 other guys in our local club chipped in
on. Cost to me was $150 including the SCSI card. That
could probably fit into the above figure without
inflating it.

The future, you may ask. In the future I intend to
acquire the world's largest RC scope, a monster Tak
APO, and an ST-18 camera with 20K pixels on a side.
These things however will take a little time. :-) AND
A LOT OF BUCKS...

Alan

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