Main telescope (permanently based in Melkbosch Skies Observatory):
Make: Meade
Model: LX200R GPS
Optical design: Advanced Ritchey-Chrétien
Optical coatings: Meade EMC Super Multi-Coatings
Clear aperture: 356mm (14”)
Focal length: 3556mm
Focal ratio (Photographic speed): f/10
Resolving power: 0.321 arc sec
Highest practical power: 800X
Visual Limiting Magnitude: 15.3
Mount and Drive:
Mounting: Cast-aluminum, double-tine forks
Heavy duty Pier mounted – In observatory
Autostar II GOTO System – 145 000 objects database
Meade Heavy Duty Wedge
Accessories:
Parks Optical Binoviewer (Japan) with Celestron Multi-Coated Deluxe Zoom 1¼ (6.5mm – 18mm) eye pieces (Multi-Coated)
Meade Series 4000 f6.3 Focal Reducer/Field Flattener
Meade Series 4000 f3.3 CCD Focal Reducer (Multi-Coated)
Meade Super Wide Angle 40 mm Multi-Coated lens (2″), as well as Meade Ultra Wide Angle Series 5000 14 mm lens
Baader Planetarium Micro Guide 12,5 mm
Tele Vue Nagler lenses: 4,8 mm, 9 mm, 12 mm and two 20 mm.
Viewfinder scope
4-speed zero image-shift Micro Focuser
16-channel GPS receiver
True-level electronic sensor
Cameras:
Canon EOS 700D DSLR
Samsung SCB-200 Ultru High Resolution CCTV
