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Further down is panoramic view from the place where I intend to build my own observatory. It is located about 15 km in a straight line from the border of Sofia, the city where I live. Unfortunately, Sofia like most of European cities is terribly light polluted urban zone. My spot is behind small mountains and combinations with altitude of 1220 m above see level will give me relatively clear and dark nights...

180 degrees panoramic view from ELATE observatory

At present the building plans and schedules for ELATE Roll-Off-Roof Observatory are ready. According to the project requirements I will order the construction parts in the near future. I truly hope to start construction as soon as possible...

The observatory 3D primary scheme

OPTICS
CELESTRON C-11" XLT (Schmidt-Cassegrain) – carbon fiber tube – f/10		APO Refractor SCOPOS TL 906 APO - Triplet Cemented Lens - Aperture 90mm, f/6.7
TASCO 114 (Newton) - Aperture 114 mm - Focal Length 500 mm - f/4.4
MOUNTS
CGE mount – CELESTRON		CGE pier adapter
EQ5 - with RA and DEC motor drives		EQ1 - without motor drives
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Artemis Art 4021 - monochrome cooled CCD camera – 2048 x 2048 px ; 16x16 mm; 7.4 µm x 7.4 µm		DMK 21AF04.AS-Monochrome FireWire Astronomical Camera up to 60 frames per second
CANON DSLR's - unmodified - EOS 5D and EOS 350Dx		Digital CANON Power Shot A75 – 3.2 Mpx
PHILIPS SPC 900NC – 1.3 Mpx CCD webcam
CLASSIC PHOTOGRAPHY
PRAKTIKA 35 mm SLR camera		ZENIT 35 mm SLR  camera
Lenses 50 mm, 200 mm (100 mm, 400 mm with 2x converter)
EYEPIECES, REDUCERS, FLATENERS ETC.
BAADER Micro Guide Illuminated "Reticle" Eyepiece - 12.5mm orthoscopic eyepiece (Abbe design)		Vixen Ortho eyepiece -  25 mm Vixen Ortho eyepiece -   9 mm Vixen Ortho eyepiece - 4 mm
Plössl – 32 mm Plössl – 12.5 mm Plössl – 6 mm Plössl – 4 mm		Powermate 4x - TeleVue
2" Focal Reducer Alan Gee - f 6.3 with SC adapters		TMB Designed Field Flattener 0.8x WilliamOptics for refractors
2" Quartz DIELECTRIC star diagonal mirror, 99% reflectivity, 1/10th wave optical quality		1 1/4" star diagonal - Celestron
2x Achromatic Barlow Lens SkyWatcher		2x Achromatic Barlow Lens – Zhumell
FILTERS
Astronomik LRGB Set 4 x 1,25" (RGB and UV-IR cut)		Astronomik H-alpha CCD-Filter 12nm, 1,25"
Astronomik O III CCD-Filter 12nm, 1,25"		Astronomik S II CCD-Filter 12nm, 1,25"
Filter set: #12 Yellow, #21 Orange, #23A Light Red, #56 Green, #82A Light Blue, Polarizing and Crystalview Moon filters
ACCESSORIES
SupaSlim TrueTechnology Computerized Filter Wheel - 8 x 1,25" filters		ATiK manual Filter Wheel - 5 x 1,25" filters
Three axes counterweights for Duomount		Duomount for Losmandy Format Telescopes (1*Vixen, 1*Losmandy)
2" SCT-Focuser 2" with 1.25" adaptor and 1:10 microfocuser		MAX 5 - Robo-Focus adapter (holder)
MAX 4 - CCD Camera adapter for 24 inches Cassegrain ZEIS		Robo-Focus - Technical Innovations
Guide Rings -BALeit1 (60-120mm)		Adapters to 2": T-2 FA, T2F-SCTM, PF-SCTM
Webcam Adapter - for T-2 with1,25" filterthread		Piggy Back Holder for SC 11"
Flexible Kendrick dewcap - CELESTRON C 11"		Telegizmo Telescope Cover for 11" Schmidt-Cassegrains
Carry case for 11" Schmidt-Cassegrains		MAX 1-Teleextender
MAX 2-Teleextender		MAX 3 LC - Laser collimator
Astro-Red-flashlight		Power Tank mobile battery 12V
Power Supply Artemis Art 4021		Red Illuminated Keyboard
Electrical Motor focuser 1.25"		Cleaner set 5 in 1- BAADER
Set of T-Thread spacers 7.5 mm and 15 mm		T adapter third fourth for Olympus
Lens adapters and rings for Canon Power Shot A75 and A95
BINOCULARS
BPC 10 x 50

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