Category: Camera
Camera / Gear / General / Maintenance / Mount
Another frustrating night
The sky has cleared up at least a little on 3 successive weekends — it’s like the stars miss me and want me to come visit again. So I’ve been giving my […]
350D arrives
I have been struggling with MaxIM DL for over 2 years now, trying to get things working right. Among the problems, MaxIM really likes to do everything in RAW out of DSLRs, […]
ATM / Camera / Gear / Technology
“Little” is the new “guidescope”
I love it when a plan comes together. I picked up a new autoguider over the weekend. I also picked up a second 9×50 finder about 2 weeks ago. I only needed […]
Camera / Gear / Solar System Photography
Orion Starshoot Autoguider first light
it’s real cloudy tonight. But, the moon is bright enough that I can still see it, so I decided to come out and get the autoguider focused so I can try to […]
Camera / Gear / Technology
A Brave New World
I picked up a new autoguider on Saturday. If the mount is the basis of the imaging rig, then the autoguider is its closest ally. The autoguider is responsible for making a […]
D70 astro
http://www.weasner.com/etx/astrophotography/nikon_d70_dslr/d70_astrophotography.html
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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.