My home built 14" f/4.5 Newtonian telescope
About Akule
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Akule Planetary Equipment H/W
* Type: Custom Home Built Newtonian (http://maphilli14.webs.com/astro-equipment)
* Aperture: 35.6cm (14")
* Focal Ratio: f/4.5 + 5x TeleVue Powermate at f/24.3 / 8.662m EFL
* Primary Mirror: Carl Zambuto 14" f/4.5
* Camera: ZW Optical(ZWO) ASI174MM (monochrome, USB3.0)
* Color Filter Wheel: Starlight Xpress 7 Position 1.25" Carousel for Starlight Xpress USB Filter Wheel
* Filters: Baader Planetarium LRGB Telescope Filter Set
* Filters: Astronomik ProPlanet 742 IR-pass filter
* Filters: Astrodon-Schuler UV filter
Images: http://imgur.com/a/0znBY#0
Blog: http://maphilli14.webs.com/apps/blog/?view_type=1
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**Akule Planetary Processing S/W**
* OS: Lenovo Y700 (Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit)
* Acquisition: Torsten Edelmann’s Firecapture
* Processing: AutoStakkert 3 -> AstraImage -> WinJUPOS -> PhotoShop -> Topaz DeNoise -> Google Nik -> Gimp - https://imgur.com/a/RhPRXD2
Detailed processing - https://astromaphilli14.blogspot.com/2020/09/mars-2020-processing-recipie-25x-pm.html
Akule CCD Equipment H/W
Type: Custom Home Built Newtonian
* Aperture: 356mm (14")
* Focal Ratio: f/4.5 / 1,600mm FL
* Primary Mirror: Carl Zambuto 14" f/4.5
* Mount: Celestron CGE
* Imaging Camera: SBIG STF-8300M (monochrome)
** Pixel scale:1.34 arcsec/pixel
* Color Filter Wheel: True Technology UK (Tru-Tek) - SupraSlim with Visual Wide Wheel (built in diagonal)
* Filters: Baader Planetarium LRGB Telescope Filter Set, Baader H-Alpha 7nm Narrowband Filter
* Guiding: Teleskop-Service TS9-OAG off axis guider
* Guide Camera: QHY-5LIIM
Akule CCD Processing S/W
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OS: Lenovo W530 (Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit)
Acquisition: Main Sequence Software - Sequence Generator Pro
Processing: DeepSkyStacker -> PhotoShop -> Gimp