WO132 Version 1.0: My first imaging platform based on the William Optics 132mm f/7 FLT APO
Date: August 5th 2019 - September 18, 2019
My First Rig - setup for one of the first times……
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First Light…
I retired in the Summer of 2019. I began to think about what I wanted to do with my newly found free time and I thought of Astronomy. When I was younger I was quite active with visual Astronomy, but this fell off once when life became more complicated: work became intense, I went back to grad school, I built a house, and started a family. There was no longer time or energy for astronomy. But I always had the interest and thought that once I retired, I might go back at it.
After much research and a few phone calls to the helpful friendly folks at Highpoint Scientific, my first rig was on order! Within a week I had everything I needed to start doing astrophotography. But of course, I had no real clue how to actually do ANY of it. I barely knew how to put the pieces together much less make them work. This was the start of my journey.
Here was my original Configuration:
Scope: William Optics 132mm f/7 FLT APO Refractor
Guide Scope: William Optics 50mm Guide scope
Mount: Ioptron CEM 60
Tripod: Ioptron Tri-Pier
Camera: ZWO ASI294MC-Pro
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI290MM-Mini
Another view, this one just a bit closer. This was the very first time I had things setup in the garage. I barely knew how it all went together!
