Sky-Watcher Esprit 100EDX
The main telescope is the Sky-Watcher Esprit 100EDX 3-Element ED apochromatic refractor
which has a focal length of 550mm and a focal ratio of F5.5
this combined with the Sky-WatcherField Flattener which reduces the focal length by .93X giving zero detectable colour fringing,even on the brightest of objects, yielding exceptional contrast and and greatly improvedfield edge sharpness.
The telescope is attached to a ZWO AM5N Harmonic Mount giving smoothtracking with very low periodic error.
For imaging the setup uses the Player One Poseidon C Cooled camera which has the latest SonyIMX571 APS-C Sensor with Non Amp Glow Technology, giving a total resolution of 26MP
alongwith a filter wheel and IDAS-NBZ Dual Band Nebula Booster,
IDAS NGS 1D3 Night Glow
and Astronmik Dark Filters.
For Guiding a Player One Ceres M Camera is attached to the Player One Off Axis Guide
The telescope has a RB Focus eXcalibur light panel attached, so this along with the Astronmik Darkfilter allows you to to take your flat and dark frame,
All the equipment is controlled by a Gaius Smart Box
