Archiv autora: pavelpech

First try of a new iEQ45Pro mount from iOptron. It is quite simple to measure a PE curve using PEMPro. I guess the PE is what people want to know. I wonder why it is so hard to find a … Celý příspěvek →

6 months ago – purchased, this month – first light . After selling my Borg 77EDII I started to miss some smaller (meaning still easily portable) refractor. I wanted 100mm of aperture and something not slower than F/4.3 like my … Celý příspěvek →

While I purchased this mount on 26th May 2015, the first light (night out) happened on 6th July 2015. What I really had to do is to read the user’s manual concerning Polar Alignment as that’s different at iOptron from … Celý příspěvek →

This little mount caught my attention right away from its first appearance on the market some year (or two) ago. I simply love small but powerful astro-toys. But that time I was still using my old HEQ-5 SynScan from Sky-Watcher … Celý příspěvek →

29th August 2014 and 17th September 2014 two important dates in my CCD camera life. The former is when I sold my beloved Atik460EXM and the later is when I pulled the trigger and ordered Atik ONE 6. I simply … Celý příspěvek →

As an enthusiast in astrophotography I like to document various equipment that I had in my hands. In this brief post I would like to share with you couple of such images.

As a 100% mobile astrophotographer I like to test and review portable mounts and portable tracking units (I owned AstroTrac TT320X in the past). Since my ultra-mobile setup (for catching all sky timelapse videos and possibly meteor showers) weights only … Celý příspěvek →

Well, I said, that I will not buy any QHY camera any more. But I could not resist. I was so much interested in the performance of the new Aptina MT9M034 CMOS chip that is said to have high QE … Celý příspěvek →