Oh, and all my stuff is pretty dated, much of it bought used, and even the half inch mounting plates for the scope mount were from junk yard steel scrap and the observatory computer which controls the scope movements I found cheap at a Goodwill store. I look at it as a challenge to see what kind of images I can produce while working with what I have.
But if I ever win the lotto, I'll get a PlaneWave CDK 24 scope and have someone else install/set it up.☺
That’s part of being an amateur astronomer. My accomplishments in the
do-it-yourself dept. are not as great, but it was fun. Many Moons ago I made an eyepiece case out of a micrometer storage box, and a wedge for my Quantum Maksutov by using Gary Seronik’s plans in S&T. I had bought the scope before the company folded, and they didn’t send me the case for the base or the wedge. I cobbled something together that I used for a number of years, and then I saw the plans in S&T.