A roll-off-roof backyard observatory in Westendorf, Bavaria — built to make imaging a "just walk outside" habit instead of a once-a-year road trip. The rig lives parked and polar-aligned under its own roof, ready to go the moment the sky clears.
Location
Westendorf (Bayern), DE
Roof
Roll-off, remote controlled
Status
Polar-aligned & parked, ready to open
What it's shot with
Equipment
Mount
Sky-Watcher EQ8Equatorial, 50 kg payload
Imaging optics
2 x Sky-Watcher Esprit 100ED100mm apo triplet refractor, 550mm FL
Guiding
SVBony SV10650mm guide scope
ZWO ASI220MM MiniGuide camera
Imaging camera
2 x ZWO ASI2600MM ProCooled mono, dedicated deep-sky
Software
PixInsight
Astro Pixel Processor
Adobe Photoshop
SetiAstro Suite Pro
KStarsClusterOwn capture/scheduling app
Filters
2 x Astronomik LRGBDeep-Sky L/R/G/B, 36mm
2 x Astronomik Ha/SII 6nmNarrowband CCD set, 36mm
2 x Antlia 3nm OIIINarrowband, 36mm
Accessories
2 x APM-Riccardi 0.75x reducer/correctorM63
2 x ZWO EFW 7×36mmMotorized filter wheel
2 x Wanderer Astro Lite V2 M63 RotatorField derotator
