ARCHIVE July2005
The Dark Horse – Milky Way near Sagittarius
A widefield shot towards the center of the Milky Way galaxy in the vicinity of Scorpius and Sagittarius. Note the “Dark Horse” Nebula, an extensive dust cloud that resembles a rearing horse. […]
Gear / Long Exposure Photography
The Great Rift – Milky Way from Cygnus to Aquila
A widefield shot of the Milky Way galaxy in the vicinity of Cygnus the Swan and Aquila the Eagle. Note the “Great Rift”, an dust cloud that blots out most of the […]
Deep Sky / Gear / Long Exposure Photography
M20, The Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius
Shot while up in Shingletown, CA during July 2005 and finally(!) processed and uploaded in August 2006…
Deep Sky / Gear / Long Exposure Photography
M8, The Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius
Shot while up in Shingletown, CA during July 2005 and finally(!) processed and uploaded in August 2006…
Deep Sky / Gear / Long Exposure Photography
M16, The Eagle Nebula in Serpens
Shot while up in Shingletown, CA during July 2005 and finally(!) processed and uploaded in August 2006…
Deep Sky / Gear / Long Exposure Photography
M31, The Great Andromeda Galaxy
Shot while up in Shingletown, CA during July 2005 and finally(!) processed and uploaded in August 2006… This image is in grayscale because the original had messed up colors from amp glow.
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Polar Alignment Calculations
Here’s a page that derives Polar Alignment Calculations. (update 5/2020: the original site is gone, so I found the text on Wayback and am inserting it below. This is by the original […]
Gear / Observatory / Telescope
Special Guest Star takes the mount at Hilltop O
The Astro Jedi needed somewhere to store his light sab—- I mean, bucket, and I was only too happy to accommodate him. I have decided that I need to come to a […]
General / Maintenance / Observatory
Dome shutter is motorized again!
I finally decided to bite the bullet and fix the shutter motor. Things went sideways last winter, and I’ve been opening the shutter manually (and tying it shut with rope, so we […]
Trixie 2017 – tube mods
I finally got around to cutting the MTA-UTA tubes to length; the only eyepiece that would come to focus with the focuser spacer in place is the Televue 55mm Plossl. If I […]
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Observatory
Observatory 2.0 – Time has come today!
General / Maintenance
First Light, a deeper look
Mount / Observatory / Telescope
Observatory 2.0 – Result!
Observatory
Observatory 2.0 – The Pier goes in
Gear / General / Maintenance
Martin Farmer Wormblock installation notes
Deep Sky / Long Exposure Photography
NGC2244, The Rosette Nebula
Deep Sky / Long Exposure Photography
Another beautiful night.