250/1000 F/4 Newtonian
Imaging faint objects require long exposure times, and for greater details in images a larger aperture comes in handy. The exposure times can be reduced by using faster telescopes. The newtonians tube is made a carbon-fibre, which is temperature stable and very rigid. It has a fast focal ratio and a larger aperture. Equipped with a 3” steady focuser, and a focal ratio reduced to F/3.8 with an ASA Wynne 0.95x reductor.
Canon EOS 60Da
To capture the full range of colors given off by deep sky objects, the EOS 60Da features a specially tailored infrared blocking filter that allows the light normally blocked by a typical DSLR's filter to be captured by the camera's sensor. This means that the reddish hydrogen-alpha (Hα) light (656nm) gasses unseen by a normal DSLR are captured brightly and clearly on the EOS 60Da.
Fornax 51
Steady equatorial mount with a high load capacity. Fully made of stainless steel materials, the worm and the electric motor are located in an enclosed, sealed space that are dust and weather sealed to protect the small and sensitive parts from any damaging. The mounts typical periodic error is less than +/- 5” unguided. When using auto guiding, the mount reacts immediately, so corrections are very accurate and free of play.
MGen Autoguider
This outstanding autoguider is a must for a dedicated astrophotographer. It's for sure one of the best guiders on the market. It's high sensitivity allows to guide safely on a 11 magnitude star with a 50mm guidescope. it can control your DSLR exposures and has a dithering function too.
Canon EF 70-200mm F/2.8 II L
My main lens for deep sky widefield astrophotography. This lens have an impressive image quality, top-of-the-line build quality, weather sealing and a very useful focal length range.
Vixen Sphinx equatorial mount
The Vixen Sphinx is my travel mount, it's only 7 kg and can perfectly handle the weight of a smaller telescope. It has a goto function and a hand controller with a built in star map.
GPU 160/1280 F/8 Triplet APO
Hungarian made top quality Oil-Spaced Triplet APO telescope. A first class telescope in sharpness, color correction and contrast, perfect for visual observations.
3,2 m Astronomy Dome
The dome was set to it's current place in 2010. I can say that's one of an amature astronomers big dream come true to have a fixed observing place under the shield of a dome. Sadly the sky is fairly light-polluted in Gyöngyös, but it's a big relief sometimes not having to travel far away and stay out all night for making astro images.
