Testing in my backyard in Toronto. The LX-200 is tripod mounted with a large dew cap, Super wedge, ST-6 and ST-4 with 800 mm guide scope mounted on a Celestron tangent arm.
The yellow arrow is the ST-4. The pink arrow is the 800 mm Guide scope. The red arrow is a Celestron tangent assemply mounted on a Losmandy track. The blue arrow is the ST-6 CCD camera 375x241 pixel size. The orange arrow is a JMI focuser, which has now been replaced with their new NGFS precision unit that mounts in the optical path.
The power shed! We started off with a photocell unit mounted on the observatory that produced 15 mils of current at 12 volts. Due to all the computers, de-dewers and dome motors etc, we have graduated to 1400 watts!
The Honda 1400 watt gasoline generator will run all night or 12 hours or so for about 5 Bucks worth of gas. The tank holds about 2.5 hours of gas.
Our Fearless leader with his big 17" Dobsonian.