Category: Observatory
General / Maintenance / Observatory
Ad Astra Observatory goes “dark” temporarily
Well, the mount upgrade is finally underway. The G-11 sold over the weekend, so the NJP will be on its way soon. What this means to me, of course, is that I […]
General / Maintenance / Observatory / Observing Reports
A Comedy of Errors
I was invited to spend the weekend in dark sky near Clear Lake, CA. My ex-boss owns some land up there and wanted to see the sky. A rare chance to see […]
G-11 maintenance – the nuclear option
I have a second G-11 living in my garage. I bought it on Astromart with the intent of selling it for a profit. It’s a non-Gemini G-11. But, since it’s essentially a […]
ATM / Observatory / Technology
Re: Remote capable
Art Morton wrote: > You are almost to the point where you could image from Germany. Almost. I would need to put in some ethernet power and a garage door opener for […]
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 […]
Re: Auto Guiding
At 09:33 AM 3/17/2008 -0700, you wrote: >On Mar 17, 2008, at 8:51 AM, Jimbo S. Harris wrote: >>>My money, if I had any, would have burst into flame by now at […]
Re: Machine name
Apparently I use ob-SKYUR-uh On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Jimbo S. Harris wrote: At 09:10 AM 3/8/2008 -0800, you wrote: >That’s not too bad.
Redo from start: My Astrophotography Workflow
Hi, So with the failure of MaxDSLR to be a one-stop-shop to fix my astro-software needs, I’m doing a total rewind to figure out what it really is that I need to […]
Pumpkin gets assimilated into the Rig
This is the latest iteration of the imaging rig. Now that there’s a second digital camera in the house, this photo actually shows the D70 in situ for the first time. The […]
Re: roof settling fix?
I hadn’t heard from you therefore I assumed all was good. For the track question. We use a pry bar to lift
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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.