ARCHIVE June2006
Deep Sky / Gear / Long Exposure Photography
M13, Globular Cluster in Hercules
M13, Globular Cluster in Hercules (the first shot from Ad Astra Observatory)
Deep Sky / Long Exposure Photography / Observatory / Observing Reports
Re: Latest Astrophoto
Sweet Jimbo! I am glad all is working. Is this with the new lens you ground? Cliff At 10:21 AM 6/23/2006, you wrote: >Hi all, > >I picked up this shot last […]
Jupiter, Jun 23, 2006
One of the first shots from Ad Astra Observatory. 30 frames at 2m intervals stacked 2x and 2.8x (Klee) Barlows.
Re: SkyShed updates
Hi Jimbo. I can’t find your phone number. Your message is broken up on the phone and I can’t understand your number there either. Could you please send your number so that […]
RECENT UPDATE
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.