Category: Solar System Photography
Copernicus, Feb. 26, 2010
Copernicus and Kepler are my two favorite craters on the moon. They actually work a little better when you can see some context, but there you go. Here is Copernicus, a very […]
Aristarchus, Feb 26, 2010
I tried out some high-resolution lunar photography. With the C9.25 and the NexImage (including the ever-present 2x Barlow), I have a FOV of about 2′, so it’s strictly for “craters”, rather than […]
Mars, Feb. 26, 2010
I finally have a photo of Mars. I started doing astronomy right after The Big Mars Opposition of 2003. By the time I had my astrophoto mojo working, Mars was a dim […]
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 […]
Observing Reports / Solar System Photography
A rare clear night
This is the second clear night I’ve had since Valentine’s Day. It was clear all night, but obviously it wasn’t really a night for deep sky photography. 🙂 I used the time […]
Solar System Photography / Techniques / Technology
Re: swore I was going to put out an image tonight
J, Registax always spools out that I have bad frames. That is unless one uses a source program from Logitec to make the avi. So, I use: http://divfixpp.sourceforge.net/ Works wonders and I […]
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). […]
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. […]
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 >> […]
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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.