MWAIC

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MWAIC 2009

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Mike Unsold

Mike's professional career started in the late 1970s and includes many years of teaching mathematics at Kent State University and software development. Currently his is the owner of MLUnsold Digital Imaging and the developer of ImagesPlus camera control and image processing software for DSLRs and other astronomical cameras.

Cameras

  • SBIG ST-10, STV
  • Canon 40D, 450D, modified 400D
  • Nikon D3 and D300
Telescopes
  • TMB 203mm F9 Silver CNC APO shown in the attached image.
  • Takahashi E-180ED F2.8 astrograph
  • Questar and a few small APO refractors. 
Mike explains "I am very impressed with the performance of fast Newtonians with coma correctors and field flatteners. Next scope will be a large, fast, and corrected custom built Newtonian."

Mount

  • AP 1200
  • Losmandy G11
  • Questar 3.5" fork mount on tri-stand for very portable wide field camera guiding

Software

  • ImagesPlus v3 (32- and 64-bit) image processing and camera control.
  • SBIG CCDOPS and CCDSoft for ST-10 control.

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