More pictures of the Takahashi E-300/Jones-Bird combination

Here's a nice picture of the astrograph we are working on. It is a combination of a superb Takahashi Epsilon 300mm astrograph in combination with a 300mm Jones-Bird Newtonian mounted on a Astrotechniek CP-180 mount with FS2 control system. First we will get the communication going, restore goto capability (from laptop via Cartes du Ciel/ASCOM/LX200 protocol) and then we will test the autoguiding interface. After that we will refine polar alignment and do some serious astrophotography with this superb setup!

Presentation at the Halley observatory

Here me and my astrobuddy Morelinux (I'm standing in the front) are giving our presentations in the beautiful Halley observatory in Heesch (near Den Bosch). After that we viewed M27, M57 and Jupiter with the C14 telescope in the dome. It was a nice evening in a nice observatory.