Detailed  Hardware & Software List   

Observatory
* Sirius 2.3 meter Home Model
             Computerized / motorized dome rotation (Autodome)
             Motorized upper & lower (Autodome) shutters
* JAT Observatory  Wireless Shutter Control interface (allows for remote operation)
* JAT Observatory  Wireless Dome Rotation Control interface (allows for remote operation)
* Pier Tech Pier Tech-2 adjustable height pier  
* Alarm System

PC Hardware
  * Medion Computers  2.4 Ghz Celeron 
                                     80 gig C: drive
                                     80 gig F: drive
                                  CDR-W E: drive
                                      DVD D: drive
   * Samsung 15" LCD Display
   * Belkin USB to serial port converter
   * Byte Runner Dual Serial RS-232 ports4
   * (2) Dynex 4 port USB hub
   * Netgear 4 port Ethernet hub
   * CPS  Controller AC Power Strip (6 outlet, 3 pair controlled)
   * CPS N-RRC Remote Controller (Ethernet, Serial and Modem)
   * CPS  Relay Box (with Buzzer and LED)
   * CPS  Intelligent Auto Button Push Board  (Allows remote PC power control via N-RRC controller)
 Software
   * AAVSO SolObs -  Solar observation data entry
   * DC-3 Dreams ACP -  Observation Conrol Software
   * AstroDon RBGCalculator - RGB Filter weight/exposure time calculator
   * Astrosnap  - webcam imaging & autoguiding
   * Astrostack2  - Image processing
   * BDW Publishing MPO Connections - automation s/w for camera & telescope
   * BDW Publishing MPO Canopus- Astrometry software
   * BDW Publishing MPO Photo Red- Photometry Reduction software
   * Christian Buil IRIS - Webcam Camera control and imagine processing
   * Chris Venter  DSLR Focus  - Canon 10D control software
   * Cyanogen MaxIm DL 4.83 Camera / telescope control and imagine processing
   * Cyanogen Sirius Dome control software for Autodome controller board
   * Fabula Tech  Serial Port Kit Virtual serial port & redirection
   * HeavenScape Satellite Tracker - Telescope control and satellite tracking
   *  ilangainc Astroplanner - observing session planning
   * JAT Observatory  Observatory Control Program (Power, Shutter, Lights, Camera, HVAC,  & Dome Rotation)
   * Mainbyte  Astrobyte  - Session Logging
   * Meade Autostar Suite  - planetarium, telescope and Meade camera control
   * Microsoft Windows XP-Pro - operating system
   * MSB Software AstroArt 3.0 Camera / telescope control and imagine processing
   * Software Bisque Automadome - dome control
   * Software Bisque CCDSoft- SBIG camera control
   * Software Bisque Orchestrate - scripting control
   * Software Bisque Precision PEC - Periodic Error Correction software
   * Software Bisque Realsky - Digital Sky Survey
   * Software Bisque TheSky6 - planetarium software
   * Software Bisque TPoint - telescope pointing analysis
   * Skyhound SkyTools2 - Astronomy Session Planning  software
   * The New CCD Astronomy CCDCalc CCD chip / telescope matching
   * Virtual Moon - Lunar Atlas
   * Moon3 - Telescope control & Lunar Atlas
   * Focus Max -  Automatic focusing
   * K3CCDTools - Camera  control, autoguiding and imagine processing
   * Willmann-Bell AIP4WIN - Astronomical Image Processing for Windows
  
   Power
    * BP 110 watt solar panel
    * Morning Star ProStar - Solar charge regulator
    * Delco  110 amp hour deep cycle marine battery (2)
    * Radio Shack 10 amp 12 volt DC power supply
    * Radio Shack 15 amp 12 volt DC power supply
    * Thin-Lite 12 volt DC florescent light (Red and White)
    * CyberPower UPS system - (modified with 17 amp battery)
    * Custom Built RF remote emergency telescope shut-off
    * CPS  Intelligent Auto Button Push Board  (Allows remote PC power control via N-RRC controlle
  Environment
    * IGS IGS-030 Humidity Controller
    * Petcool 2500 BTU Heating and Air Conditioning unit

Weather Station
  PC Hardware
    * Insignia Computers  2.8 Ghz Pentium 4 
                                     504 MB Ram
                                     60 gig  drive Drive Partioned  C:/D:
                                     120 gig T: USB drive
                                     250 gig U: USB drive
                                     CDR-W / DVD F: drive
                                     17" flat screen
    * Belkin USB to serial port converter
  Software
    * Astrogenic Systems NexStorm - Lightning detector Software    
    * Boltwood Clarify - Cloud/Rain detector
    * Davis WeatherLink - Advantage Pro
    * Fabula Tech  Serial Port Kit Virtual serial port & redirection
    * JAT Observatory  Wireless Remote Control System (Dome, Shutters & Focuser) Software
    * Storm Predator - Intelligent Nexrad Doppler Radar Tracking & Display
    * Software Bisque TheSky6 - planetarium software
    * STD SWIM - Space Weather Information Monitoring
    * Wall Watcher - Network Monitoring
   Hardware
    * JAT Observatory  Wireless Remote Control System (Dome, Shutters & Focuser) Hardware
    * Boltwood Cloud / Rain sensor - Detects cloud and rain
    * Boltek Lightning Detector - PCI based
    * Davis Vantage Pro - Wireless Weather Station
    * Belkin USB to Serial converter - Serial connection to lightning detector
    * X-10 USB video capture - Composite video connection to GE wireless Video system

Telescopes
* Coronado Maxscope40 - 40mm Refractor 400mm FL with Hydrogen-Alpha solar filter
* Coronado PST Calcium K - 40mm Refractor 400mm FL with Calcium K solar filter
* Coronado PST Hydrogen-Alpha - 40mm Refractor 400mm FL with Hydrogen-Alpha solar filter
* Infinity 114EQ - 114mm F/11.4 Newtonian 910mm FL
* Meade LX200GPS - 254mm with UHTC and SMT  F/10 Schmit-Cassiagrain 2500mm FL on fork mount
 * Meade LX200R- (Optical Tube Assembly only) - 304mm with UHTC  F/10 Advanced Ritchey Chretien 3048mm FL
* Meade ETX90 - 90mm F/15 Makaskov Cassigrian 1250mm FL on fork mount
* Orion Guide Scope - 80mm F/8 Refractor 910mm FL
* Seli  Model 254 (circa 1974)- 60mm  Refractor 700mm FL
* Stellarvue  SV110ED - 110mm  Refractor (Ordered)
* Stellarvue  SV102A - 102mm  Refractor 890mm FL
* Stellarvue  Finder - 50mm 
* Williams Optics ZenithStar - 80mm F/6 Refractor 480mm FL
* Williams Optics ZenithStar - 66mm F/5.9 Refractor 388mm FL

Mounts
* Generic German Equatorial Mount - with wooden tripod
* Meade LXD-650 - German Equatorial Mount (GEM) "goto"
* Meade Field tripod - for LX200GPS
* Meade Field tripod - for LXD650
* Pier-Tech Peir-tech2 - adjustable height permanent pier
* Software Bisque Paramount ME - High Precision GEM (with MKS4000 upgrade)

Cameras
* SBIG ST-2000XM (CCD) #1
            - AO7 adaptive optics
            - CFWA-10 Windowed 10 slot Color Filter Wheel    
* SBIG ST-2000XM (CCD) #2
            - CFW8 Windowed 5 slot Color Filter Wheel    
* SBIG ST-402ME  
            - Internal RGB Filter Wheel & enhanced cooling
* SBIG All Sky & Meteor Cam  
* Mallincam Color CCD Video Camera
* GStar-EX  Black & White CCD Video Camera
 * Matrix  Black & White CCD Video Camera
* Meade 416XT (CCD)
* Meade DSI-color (CCD)
* Meade DSI-Pro B&W (CCD)
* Meade 201XT (CCD autoguider only)
* Starlight Express MX716C (CCD one shot color)
* Philips ToUcam 740 (CCD webcam)
* Canon 10D Digital SLR (CCD)
* GE Night vision video monitoring system
* Panasonic KX-HCM230 Network Camera

Filters
* Astrodon  1.25" 6nm Tru-Balance Hydrogen-Alpha
* Conronado SolarMax 40 Solar filter use for double stacking either a PST or MaxScope 40
* JMB  Full-Aperture screw on white light Inconel  Solar filter for ETX90
* Lumicon Hydrogen-Alpha Solar Filter (1.5 angstrom)
* Orion 1.25" UltraBlock™ Narrowband Light-Pollution Filter
* Orion 1.25" SkyGlow™ Broadband Light-Pollution Filter
* Orion 1.25" Variable Polarizing Filer Lunar Filter
* Orion Full-Aperture white light Inconel Solar Filter for 10" LX200GPS
* Orion Full-Aperture white light Inconel Solar Filter for Short Tube 80
 * Orion 1.25" Hydrogen Beta
* Orion 1.25" Oxygen-III
* Orion 1.25" Basic Filter Set
            #80A Blue    #58 Green    #25 Red    #15 Yellow
* Orion 1.25" Expansion Filter Set
            #21 Orange    #47 Violet   #11 Light Yellow-Green    #82A Blue
* Orion 1.25" Advanced Filter Set
            #8 light Yellow   #23A Light Red   #36A Deep Blue   #56 Light Green
* Paton Hawksley 1.25" Star Analyzer Filter
* Meade Filters 1.25"
             Red     Blue    Green    Clear (NA-45)    HA-50
* Schuler 1.25" UBVRI Filters
               UV-Uv    Bu-Blue    V-Visible    Rs-Red    Is-IR72

Eyepieces
* Meade Super Phossl Eye Pieces:
              6.4mm(2)   9.6mm Reticule Illuminated
              9.7mm(2)   12.4mm(2)   15mm(2)     20mm(2)
              26mm(2)    32mm(2)      40mm (2)  
* Orion  UltraZoom™ 1.25" Eyepiece (21~7mm) (missing)
* Orion  10mm Reticule Illuminated
* Orion Electronic Imaging Eyepiece (color)
* Ronchi EZ optical tester
* Rini 2" Eyepieces:
              10mm     26mm    32mm (reticle)  48mm   
              50mm (with T-threads)   60mm
* Speers-Waler  5mm ~ 8mm Zoom
* Stellarvue  Binoviewer
* Stellarvue  (2) 23mm eye pieces

Reducers, Barlows & Diagonals
* Antares 2" Diagonal
* Celestron 6.3 Focal Reducer
* Orion  90 degree diagonal
* Orion  45 degree diagonal
* Meade 3.3 Focal Reducer
* Meade 2x Barlow
* Meade 90 degree diagonal
* Rini 2"  .5x Focal Reducer
* Siebert SV 1.6x Corrector
* TeleVue 5x Powermate barlow

Miscellaneous
* ADM Dovetail Plate
* ADM 125mm & 150mm Rings
* Adirondack Flat Fielder Light Box Panel with digital power supply
* AstroZap Aluminum Dew Shield
* Rigel Systems nFOCUS Controller for DC Focus Motors
* JOVE Receiver
* Kendrick Kwik Focus
* Losmandy Dovetail Plates - DM10 & two DM12s
* Losmandy Counter Weight System
* Losmandy Rail System
* Losmandy 108mm & 160mm Rings
* Meade #62 T-Adapter
* Meade Off Axis Guider
* Meade Field De-Rotator
* Meade Micro Focuser (for ETX90 OTA)
* Meade 1209 Zero Image-Shift Microfocuser (2)
* Moonlite CS Model SCT Focuser (focal reducer style, rotatable large 4" flange)
* JAT Observatory Wireless Micro Focuser switch box (custom built)
* Optec Pyxis Camera Rotator / Field Derotator
* Orion Universal Camera Adapter
* Orion  Digital Camera Eyepiece projection adapter
* Orion Collimation Tool
* Peterson LX200GPS 3.5 lb EZ-Balance Counter Weight
* Rigel Systems LazyFocus DC Motor Interface
* Scope Stuff EZ collimation screws
* Scope Stuff Stainless Steel replacement screw set
* Scope Stuff LX200GPS accessory rails
* Scope Stuff 5 mm Green 561mm Laser Pointer
* Scope Stuff Laser Pointer telescope mount
* ScopeTronix ETX-90 Visual Back
* Snappy Video Capture Adapter
* Wicked Laser 90 mw Green 561mm Laser Pointer
* Promi SD202 Bluetooth to serial adpater

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