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Meade 8" f10 LX200 Classic on a Meade Tripod with the Scopesaver Accessory Tray and a Meade HeavyDuty Wedge. The telescope has a Meade Off Axis guider with the 9mm Illuminated Reticle. A Canon EOS 1N-RS is mounted on the rear of the guider. Piggybacked is a Tamron 300MM f2.8 Lens with a Canon EOS3 body.

Meade 10" f10 LX200 Classic on a Meade Tripod. The scope is mounted on a Meade SuperWedge. The telescope has a Meade 2" Diagonal and a 40MM Harry Siebert 2" Eyepiece is in place. Piggybacked is a Tamron 200-400 f5.6 Zoom Lens with a Canon EOS3 Body.

Meade 6" f8 AR6 LXD55 Achromatic Refractor with an Olympus OM-1n body mounted for eyepiece projection. A Meade 12.4MM Series 4000 Super Plossl Eyepiece does the projection honors.

Meade 4" Model 90 SCT retrofit mounted in a Meade DS2000 mount with #494 Autostar. The DS2000 is mounted on a Leitz TiltAll tripod. It has a standard Meade 1.25" visual back and Meade diagonal. A Harry Siebert 12.5MM Eyepiece finishes the lightpath on this telescope.

(Not Pictured) Orion ED80 - 80MM Two Element Apochromatic Refractor on an LXD55 Mount.


Sagittarius with City Glow Shot from the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Canon 10D Digital Camera, Canon 28-135MM F5.6 IS Zoom Lens, piggybacked on a wedged Meade 10" LX200. Exposure is 259 seconds at f5.6 - ISO set at 1600 - Image Date 7/20/2003	Cygnus and Lyra with City Glow Shot from the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Canon 10D Digital Camera, Canon 28-135MM F5.6 IS Zoom Lens, piggybacked on a wedged Meade 10" LX200. Exposure is 432 seconds at f5.6 - ISO set at 1600 - Image Date 7/20/2003

Ursa Major with City Glow Shot from the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Canon 10D Digital Camera, Canon 28-135MM F5.6 IS Zoom Lens, piggybacked on a wedged Meade 10" LX200. Exposure is 268 seconds at f5.6 - ISO set at 1600 - Image Date 7/20/2003	Lyra *and friends* Shot from the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Canon 10D Digital Camera, Canon 28-135MM F5.6 IS Zoom Lens, piggybacked on a wedged Meade 10" LX200. Exposure is 281 seconds at f5.6 - ISO set at 1600 - Image Date 7/20/2003

*M22 in the Milky Way Starfield* M22 was shot from the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Canon 10D Digital Camera, Tamron 300MM F2.8 Telephoto Lens, with an effective focal length of 480MM f2.8. The camera was piggybacked and counterbalanced on a wedged Meade 10" LX200. Exposure is 82 seconds at f2.8 - ISO set at 1600 - Image Date 7/23/2003.	*M4 and Antares in Scorpius* Shot from the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Canon 10D Digital Camera, Tamron 300MM F2.8 Telephoto Lens, with an effective focal length of 480MM f2.8. The camera was piggybacked and counterbalanced on a wedged Meade 10" LX200. Exposure is 68 seconds at f2.8 - ISO set at 1600 - Image Date 7/23/2003

*M20 - Trifid Nebula* Shot from the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Canon 10D Digital Camera, Tamron 300MM F2.8 Telephoto Lens, with an effective focal length of 480MM f2.8. The camera was piggybacked and counterbalanced on a wedged Meade 10" LX200. Exposure is 37 seconds at f2.8 - ISO set at 1600 - Image Date 7/23/2003	Cygnus and Lyra with *Scope tube* Shot from the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Canon 10D Digital Camera, Tokina 19-35MM F3.5 Zoom Lens. The camera was piggybacked and counterbalanced on a wedged Meade 10" LX200. Exposure is 117 seconds at f5.6 - ISO set at 1600 - Image Date 7/23/2003

*October Moon* Shot from Southwest Roanoke County with a Canon 10D Digital Camera set at prime focus on a Meade 8" LX200. Exposure is 1/2000 second at f6.3 - ISO set at 1600 - Image Date 10/05/2003	*M31 - Andromeda Galaxy* Shot from the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Canon 10D Digital Camera, Tamron 300MM F2.8 Telephoto Lens, with an effective focal length of 480MM f2.8. The camera was piggybacked and counterbalanced on a Meade 10" LX200. Exposure is 58 seconds at f2.8 - ISO set at 1600 - Image Date 10/18/2003

*Pleiades Cluster with Nebulousity* Shot from the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Canon 10D Digital Camera, Tamron 300MM F2.8 Telephoto Lens. The camera was piggybacked and counterbalanced on a Meade 10" LX200. Exposure is 111 seconds at f2.8 - ISO set at 1600 - Image Date 10/18/2003	*Orion Rising* Shot from the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Canon 10D Digital Camera, Tokina 19-35MM F3.5 Zoom Lens. Orion is rising over Franklin County at the base of Cahas Mountain. The camera was piggybacked and counterbalanced on a Meade 10" LX200. Exposure is 56 seconds at f4.5 - ISO set at 1600 - Image Date 10/18/2003

*Venus Transit - June 8, 2004* Shot from the Roanoke Mountain Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Canon 10D Digital Camera on a Meade 8" LX200 Classic. Exposure is 1/1000 second at f10 - ISO set at 200 - Image Date 6/8/2004	*Venus Transit Through Clouds - June 8, 2004* Shot from the Roanoke Mountain Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Canon 10D Digital Camera on a Meade 8" LX200 Classic. Exposure is 1/750 second at f10 - ISO set at 200 - Image Date 6/8/2004

*Venus Transit Black Drop Effect - June 8, 2004* Shot from the Roanoke Mountain Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Canon 10D Digital Camera on a Meade 8" LX200 Classic. Exposure is 1/2000 second at f10 - ISO set at 200 - Image Date 6/8/2004	*Venus Transit Black Drop Effect - Closeup* Shot from the Roanoke Mountain Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Canon 10D Digital Camera on a Meade 8" LX200 Classic. Exposure is 1/2000 second at f10 - ISO set at 200 - Image Date 6/8/2004

Images of Astronomical related subjects by Professional Photographer, Michael Overacker