My observing kit When I go observing at the dark site everything needs to fit into my Toyota. As it sits I'd even have room for a passenger. Floating wildly in the car Celestron C8, or Celestron dew cap Kendrick anti-dew heater strip Home-made powered focuser Celestron f/6.3 reducer/flattener Stellarvue 102ED Kendrick Firefly anti-dew heater strip Stellarvue Nighthawk II Kendrick Firefly anti-dew heater strip HEQ5 mount Breakout box for Rajiva MCU Update    OR... Celestron CGE mount Side-by-side optical tube mounting CN-16 GPS peripheral with DIY bracket. Starizona accessory tray Auto-guider shelf Mount power cable SBIG ST-4 auto-guider Custom HEQ5 relay cable Standard ST-4 relay cable Observers's chair Camp chair (for just sitting and enjoying the night) Canadian Tire Nautilus 33Ah power pack Gateway laptop Sky Atlas 2000 Toolkit (enough to strip the scope/mount to components) Spare screws, washers, bolts etc. Garbage bags (to cover things in case...) Duct tape (you can never have enough duct tape eh?) In my eyepiece case 36mm Meade 4000 QX Wide Angle 25mm Tele Vue Plossl 20mm Tele Vue Plossl 15mm Tele Vue Plossl 9mm Burgess/TMB Planetary 9mm Antares Orthoscopic 5mm Burgess/TMB Planetary 1.25" variable polarizing filter In my accesssory case Orion Solar System Imager DIY prime-focus adapter Moonight instruments 2" to SCT adapter Televue SCT to 2" adapter Bosch and Lomb ASP 9mm illuminated reticule eyepiece TOGA Intervalometer TOGA LX-Guider TOGA LX-Guider/Focuser TOGA IV Option anti-dew controller/power supply DSLR Power/Serial shutter box Celestron Ultima 2X barlow Astro-Tech dielectric 2" diagonal with 1.25 adapter Meade 644 1.25" flip-mirror Lumicon minus-violet filter Meade cheapo 1.25" diagonal (for guidescope) T-adapter for my film camera Telrad Antares 7x50 correct image finder My anti-dew heaters Red LED flashlight Orienteering compass Combination square/level In my wire bag 4 port USB2.0 hub 5m USB2 extension cable 5m powered USB2 extension cable Various short USB cables DC/DC 5v powersupply for hub Canon EOS 350D battery eliminator Canon EOS 350D remote shutter release 12v power cable 200W DC/AC inverter Various RCA cables In my 'bits and pieces' box Combination square (for the level) Celestron anti-vibration pads Reading glasses (sigh) Burnham's Celestial Handbook RASC Observer's Handbook Lens brush Palm Pilot In my camera case Canon Digital Rebel XT Orion prime-focus adapter EOS to Nikon adapter ring FotoSharp Remote cable release Necessary but not really 'kit' Tim Horton's coffee (Black, extra-large in a double cup) Classical music CD's Believe it or not... all of this stuff fits into a 2007 Toyota Yaris. Back to Ozzzy's Astronomy Page