The first real deployment of my new setup.
ToupTek StellaVita astrocomputer and ToupTek SkyEye24AC.
I got myself a ToupTek StellaVita to permanently mount this compact astrocomputer on my Vixen VC200L.
In addition to my SkyEye62AM, I also picked up a SkyEye24AC for the VC200L.
The goal is simple: set up and start imaging! Ideally one or two objects per good night. I’ll explain what drives this approach in more detail in future posts.
What matters most to me: it worked right away – almost eerily so!
High-resolution on Astrobin:
The annotated image:
Session Details:
| Telescope | Vixen VC200L |
| Focal Length | 1800mm |
| Erecting Lense | internal |
| Camera | ToupTek SkyEye24AC |
| Filter | Baader UHC-L CMOS Optimized 50.4mm |
| Mount | Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro, Belt and Hypertuned |
| Guiding Equipment | APM 240mm |
| Guiding Camera | QHY 462C |
| Photography Date | 03/18/2026 |
| Exposure-Time Lights | RGB: 40x300s |
| Correction frames | FLATS, DARKS |
| Sensitivity | GAIN 100, Offset 125 |
| Processing Date | 03/19/2026 |
| Software Stack | StellaVita, PixInsight, Affinity Photo |
| Capture Place | Koblenz, Germany |