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last update: May 15th
The goal

M 1 supernova remnant (Credit Mark de Regt )
As I already partially described in the Overview section, I am currently planning some objectives before the end of the decade to produce quality observation including:
  - high quality astrophotography
  - study Deep Sky Object (DSO)
  - record variable star data
  - analyse super nova
  - study comet and look for new
  - record path of minor planet
  - study exoplanet
The conditions
Today, in order to reach these objectives, amateur astronomy offers to stargazers some technologies that give us the possibility to realise quality works like professional astronomers some twenty years ago. In my opinion there are four parameters which enable you to get to these objectives:
  - your location and seeing conditions. Stargazing under a clear dark sky in countryside offers better conditions than a light polluted sky in or around a big town.
  - your astronomy skills and your using the equipment.
  - the quality of your equipment. From your eyepiece to your telescope as well as your CCD camera.
  - your budget.
The technologies
Astrophysic Mount
As I read in an international popular astronomy magazine such as Sky and Telescope or Astronomy now several equipment stay ahead. The best amateur astronomers all around the world use this equipment to produce high quality astronomy works. Internet is also a huge show room of this technology. What kind of equipment am I talking about ?
In my opinion this equipment is divided into three categories:
  - first of all, the core of the systems: the telescope itself. Depending on its type, a refractor or a reflector, there are two brands that can offer high quality equipment. Respectively it's Takahachi for the apochromatic reflector and RC Optical Systems (RCOS) for the ritchey-chrétien reflector. This kind of equipment is capable to produce high quality and pin point CCD astrophotography.

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