[dragnet2]

This might be a dumb question, but is your equipment stand alone? Or are you tethered to a power source and stuck in your backyard? And is the filtering for direct filtering? Like to stop the light from the streetlight on the corner? Or just light pollution in general?

Not a dumb questions at all. I plug into this below. The light pollution filter I use in the optical train helps eliminate street light emissions in the atmosphere and light pollution in general, including the street light on the road. It's also a cool place to hang out and drink beer.

This is the business end of my scope below.

Notice the twin junkyard plates used to mount the equatorial mount onto the steel pier..This was done for leveling purposes, see the gold colored leveling bolts? Note the camera at left center of the image?

Most of my mounting stuff was salvaged, fabricated, and obtained from junk yards. Works good and is very stable.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Holy crap, can I come over? I’ll bring the beer. What’s the aperture size on that, by the way?