Category: Gear
Deep Sky / Gear / Long Exposure Photography
M20, The Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius
Film: E200 Camera: K-1000 Lens: ED80 (600mm f/7.5), prime focus Guiding: ST-4 Exposure: 12min Date: September 12, 2004 Object was setting over the top of the house as I shot. This was […]
My first astrocam
My first astrophotography setup, a Logitech QuickCam 3000 with Steve Mogg adaptor. This camera was eventually sold to the Physics Dept at CSU Hayward. An excellent little camera for planetary work.
Wobble – The original guidescope
When I realized that I was going to be doing a lot of astrophotography, the first set of gear I bought to “add on” to Veronica was the ST80, which did guidescope […]
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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.