OBSERVATORY EQUIPMENT

This is what makes up the 0.3 meter Richfield Observatory:

Dome: Technical Innovations "Home Dome 10' with Pro modifications"  Weather (wind speed, humidity, rain, snow) interlocks, Digital Dome Works automation
Mount: Software Bisque Paramount ME
Camera: Santa Barbara Instrument Group ST-10XME CCD Camera with KAF-3200ME Kodak Sensor
Software: TheSky Level IV Version 5, CCDSoft, Maxim/DL image processing, Digital Dome Works, HomeSeer
Optics: Takahashi Epsilon 300, Pentax 105SD, Intes MN86

I'll have more on each one of these items in the future- but right now it's just a list.

The two most interesting things here are the Paramount and the Epsilon.   I waited over two years to get the Paramount- it looks like it is milled out of a solid piece of aluminum- and the integration with the software is wonderful.    The Epsilon is the primary optic, and it's a 300mm f/3.8 hyperbolic astrograph.   If this was a camera lens, the spec would be 1100mm f/3.8!   It's a 16" diameter tube thats a little over 40" long and weighs 100 lbs.  

I will have pictures here soon.