My current gear is a semi-robotic imaging telescope system installed in a mini-observatory in my backyard in a modestly light-polluted area between Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. 

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Telescope: 8" f/4 newtonian Astrograph "Vincent"

Focuser: Lacerta Octo60 and Lacerta MFOC Motorfocus System

Corrector: TS-GPU coma corrector for f/4 newtonian telescopes 

Camera: ZWO ASI 1600 MM PRO

Filter-wheel: ZWO EFW mini electronic filter-wheel

Filter-set: 31mm unmounted Astronomik LRGB Type IIc, Astronomik 12nm H-alpha

Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 SynScan GOTO (EQMOD) - Rowan Belt modification

Guiding: ZWO Off-Axis Guider with Orion StarShoot Autoguider Camera

Software (aquisition): PHD2, Main Sequence Generator Pro, Astrotortilla, EQMOD, Stellarium,

Software (pre- and postprocessing): PixInsight, Photoshop, Lightroom.

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