| Item | Description | Price |
| Telescope, Mount, and Tripod | Celestron CPC1100 XLT. This telescope has an 11″ (28 cm) diameter primary mirror and weighs about 65 lbs (29 kg). A 40mm eyepiece, star diagonal, and finder scope are included. | $2699 |
| Telescope Storage Case | Large storage case for telescope. | $70 |
| Foam for storage case | Foam to protect telescope in storage case. | $20 |
| Telrad | Zero-power(no magnification) finder. This device projects a red bulls-eye pattern on the sky to let you do coarse location and centering of bright objects for the telescope. | $37 |
| Dew shield | A shield that is mounted on the front of the telescope that helps prevent dew on the telescope corrector plate during moist air conditions. | $62 |
| Focus Mask | A hard-plastic Bahtinov-type focusing mask used for accurate telescope focusing | $25 |
| Camera | RECON 428: MallinCAM B&W Special. This is a special video camera that we use for collecting the data.
or RECON 828: High sensitivity version |
$600
or $700 |
| Focal reducer | MFR-5 focal reducer that increases the field of view of the camera. This unit makes it easy to find and track our targets and improves the sensitivity of the video data. This item also doubles as a mounting flange that lets the camera mount in place of an eyepiece. | $250 |
| Laptop | Acer Aspire V5, used for recording and uploading video data. Includes AC power connector. Any reasonable portable computer will probably work fine. | $300 |
| GPS timer | IOTA-VTI. VTI=video time inserter. This device superimposes time and date or location information on the video data coming from the camera so it can be recorded. We use this information to know where and where the data were taken. | $250 |
| USB Video Adapter | This adapter converts the analog video signal (RCA plug) from the IOTA-VTI box into a digital signal for capture and storage on the laptop (USB plug). | $45 |
| Battery Pack | Rechargeable battery pack. This provides power to the telescope, camera, and video timer | $50 |
| Hardware Storage Case | Water and dust tight plastic storage box to hold everything other than the telescope (30.6 qt) | $12 |
| RCA cable | Used to connect the USB Adapter to the IOTA-VTI box. | $3 |
| Power Splitter | Y adapter power splitter | $3 |
| Cigarette Lighter Adapter | Adapter to provide power from battery pack | $3 |
| CA-2219 Cable Assembly | Cable adapter | $3 |
| Cigarette Lighter Adapter 2 | Y adapter to provide power from battery pack | $8 |
RECON
Research and Education Collaborative Occultation Network
