ARCHIVE April2008
Solar System Photography / Technology
AVI repair
http://www.pk3.org/Astro/index.htm?software_utils.htm
Gear / Solar System Photography / Techniques
Planetary camera / webcam autoguider
The other morning when I was awakened at 5am by sprinklers, I noticed that Jupiter was past meridian (meaning so was Sagittarius, but it was too light for me to see it). […]
Maintenance / Observatory / Technology
Re: Mac-as-Astro-machine
I just picked up a Mac mini to use as an astronomy machine out in the observatory. Essentially, I need something that can run headless, and provide USB ports to the various […]
Uncategorized
Re: Gemini drift
Art Morton wrote: > Have you gone into the Gemini Set Up? Yes, the particular settings that I think you’re interested in are: Mount Type: G11 Guide speed: 0.3 Tracking Rate: Sidereal […]
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Re: not sure it's all worth it
Art Morton wrote: > > On Apr 26, 2008, at 10:59 PM, Jimbo S. Harris wrote: > >> I’m more and more convinced that the Nikon is causing me more >> headache […]
Solar System Photography / Techniques
Re: Saturn + new camera
Art Morton wrote: > The three below are from the new camera, not set up correctly, and > they are bad. The do show potential. These are good “proof of concept” shots. […]
holy cow
This is like astro porn. There should be a “please put your wallet away before you look at this page” http://www.robincasady.com/Astro/images/tri-bar11.jpg J
General / Solar System Photography
Re: K3 Tools
Art Morton wrote: > > On Apr 29, 2008, at 2:06 PM, Jimbo S. Harris wrote: >> I have had zero trouble getting either version to work in K3 v.1 on >> […]
K3CCDTools
I shot with K3 (I still use version 1, the free version) for the first 2 years. With one or two minor exceptions, all of my planetary (not lunar) images are K3/3000. […]
Re: K3 Tools
Art Morton wrote: > The problem is “Can not uncompress AVI frame”, Registax. try shooting at a lower framerate. You may be having a USB 1.1 / USB 2.0 issue? > There […]
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.