Millions of light years through the tiny pupil of the eye!
MAY 2001: MY NEW PERMANENT OBSERVATORY IS NEARLY FINISHED IN THE DARKEST REGION OF MOUNT MAINALON IN THE CENTER OF PELOPONESE - GREECE AT AN ALTITUDE OF 4400 FT.
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!
when tired from sailing the Earth's seas,its time to blast off into the outer universe
I turned the roof of my mountain home into an observatory dome
which houses my 14''inch MEADE GPS telescope on a permanent equatoriel pier, an SBIG ST2000 CCD camera, working with a flip mirror eyepiece system in order to properly center images. I also have the new Meade DSI astroimager plus many accesories.
I go there alone,or together with other members of the
Greek amateur astronomers society
.
Astrophotos that were taken with the ST2000XM CCD through the 14inch Meade, can be seen here
here
. All information about astronomical equipment I purchased,was from the
Astronomy
,and
Sky and Telescope
magazines.The convertations during a good observing session,were recorded and written down
here
.I have also set a complete
catalog
of notes and descriptions on all the deep-sky objects I have seen through my telescope.I update this catalog regularly.
MY best friend in astronomy John Rosakis is doing the best astrophotography in Greece.
Check here for some of his photos!