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\"\"<\/a>Kendrick FireLite Camera-Cozy Heater Package<\/strong>
\nCamera lens heater (for lenses up to 3″ in diameter) with FireLite micro controller and a DSLR body sock.<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>Canon 550D with removed IR filter<\/strong>
\nI bought this camera via Astronomiser<\/a>. They modify a range of cameras for astrophotography and offer a one year guarantee on top. I had the IR filter replaced with a Baader IR and UV blocking filter to maintain its ability to autofocus.<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>Bresser R.A.\/DEC Motor for EQ-MON2<\/strong>
\nMotor for the equatorial mount.<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>Bresser EQ-MON2<\/strong>
\nRobust equatorial mount that can carry up to 21 kg. It has an integrated 8×50\u00a0pole-searching telescope, which is illuminated.<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>Tiffen 58DF3 58mm Double Fog 3 Filter<\/strong>
\nA fog filter is a diffusion filter used in front of the lens that puts a halo or glow around bright stars. This can make the bright stars of a constellation stand out, making its shape easier to recognize in a photograph that may contain thousands of other stars.<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>Fotomate 6006<\/strong>
\nPretty stable tripod for its price class. It has a minimum height of 70cm and a maximum height of 172cm \u00a0– that is taller than me! It can carry up to 2.5 kg, so it handles my 0.5 kg camera without problems.<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>Timer Remote<\/strong>
\nThis remote has several nifty functions, the most important being the one that allows me to take long exposures of up to 100 hours. It also has a delay timer, so I do not have to touch the equipment at all during the exposure, and the LCD panel can be illuminated. Finally, the remote has an interval timer, with which I can for example set the camera to take one exposure every 10 minutes until it has taken a specific number of photos (or runs out of storage space).<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>Canon 350D with a standard 18-55mm zoom lens<\/strong>
\nI bought this camera in 2006.\u00a0Back then I just wanted a better than average camera and had no intentions whatsoever of taking up astrophotography. Luckily, it turns out that the camera is up for the challenge.The Canon 350D is a DSLR camera. I have full control over its aperture, the\u00a0shutter speed\u00a0and the\u00a0ISO. The camera has a hole in the bottom which allows me to fix it to a\u00a0tripod.\u00a0Finally, the lens can be removed and replaced by an adapter so that I can hook it up directly to a\u00a0telescope.<\/div>\n
\"\"Praktica 8×21 compact binoculars<\/strong>
\nWhile the camera is working, I can explore the night sky with my binoculars.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kendrick FireLite Camera-Cozy Heater Package Camera lens heater (for lenses up to 3″ in diameter) with FireLite micro controller and a DSLR body sock. Canon 550D with removed IR filter I bought this camera via Astronomiser. They modify a range<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dianajuncher.dk\/astrophoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dianajuncher.dk\/astrophoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dianajuncher.dk\/astrophoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dianajuncher.dk\/astrophoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dianajuncher.dk\/astrophoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":57,"href":"http:\/\/dianajuncher.dk\/astrophoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204,"href":"http:\/\/dianajuncher.dk\/astrophoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dianajuncher.dk\/astrophoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}