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Contact information
website
http://www.acatterall.com
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Locator Map
http://www.frappr.com/apppublic
Level of accuracy: shire
Biography
see:
http://www.acatterall.com/aboutme.htm
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I have been interested in
Astronomy for 30 years and bought my first telescope as a teenager. After
a few years of satisfying visual observing with a 3 inch refractor then an
8 1/2 inch Fullerscopes Newtonian, my career took me to London in 1978 and
I have resided in Hertfordshire since 1996. Whilst living in London my
interest waned with appalling light pollution and seeing conditions. In
1989, I invested in a Celestron Ultima 11 inch SCT, astrophotography
equipment and light pollution filters which rekindled my interest in
Astronomy. I often traveled 90 miles in search for darker skies to obtain
those dream photographs, but sadly my telescope drive and astrophotography
techniques were not up
to scratch.
The arrival
of CCD camera's in 1990 was timely and I have been hooked ever since.
Initially I bought an ST4 in 1992 to help guide my astrophotographs, but
quickly became fascinated with its imaging capabilities. From January 1994
I have purchased various CCD camera's foe imaging.
Following
the Celestron Ultima, I purchased several mid-sized reflectors and
refractors. My most recent acquisitions are: a 16-inch Ritchey
Chretien on a MI500 mount made by Larry Myers (November 1998), 10 inch
Ritchey Chretien from RCOS, AP1200GTO and AP400GOTO mounts from
Astrophysics, Takahashi FC60, Takahashi SKY90, TMB 7 inch F8 refractor, 6
inch TEC MCT and lastly a Paramount ME German equatorial mount from
Software Bisque (Aug 2002).
I moved to a
country location in Hertfordshire in April 1996 and built my two
observatories during the following summer.
First light was in September 1996.f
Area of interest
high resolution deep sky imaging with
CCD cameras
Observing site
Two observatories at his
country home in Hertfordshire, England
Astronomical Equipment
Telescopes/mounts
10-inch Ritchey
Chretien telescope on a Paramount ME mount
7-inch F8 TMB refractor on an Astro-Physics 1200 mount
TEC 250 mm (10 inch)
F/12 Maksutov Cassegrain on the Paramount ME
mount
TMB115 refractor
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CCD camera
SBIG ST10XME
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