Category: Solar System Photography
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 […]
Re: K3 Tools
Art Morton wrote: > How are you using this with a USB camera? > Very well, thank you. I plug the camera in (all the camera drivers are installed, of course), on […]
Gear / Solar System Photography
Re: dude. not cool.
Art Morton wrote: > Gorgeous: > > The image capture software is easy to use and had great features for > timing and camera adjust. The images detail seems to be much […]
Observing Reports / Solar System Photography
Re: Comet 17P/Holmes animation
I think its better with the stationary background. On 10/29/07, Jimbo S. Harris wrote: Hi all, After my last email, I decided to do a quick check, and yes, the comet is […]
General / Observing Reports / Solar System Photography
Comet 17P/Holmes animation
Hi all, After my last email, I decided to do a quick check, and yes, the comet is definitely moving relative to the background stars over the course of the 30-minute shoot. […]
Observing Reports / Solar System Photography
Comet 17P/Holmes
<http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/10775326.html> Hi all, Comet 17P/Holmes is a very obvious “new star” in Perseus, about 3 or 4 degrees southeast of Algol in Perseus. With 10×50 binoculars, it was definitely (!) non-stellar. In […]
Moon at 6 days
First light with Pumpkin. I hardly really count this as a first light — the sun was still up and the scope was on a photo tripod. But, there you go. The […]
Observing Reports / Solar System Photography
Re: The answer is "yes"
I too was up that night, with Diane this time. Anyway, it was hard to stay awake while staring at the moon, but was tres cool. Can’t wait to see your shots. […]
Astro knowledge / Solar System Photography
Animation of Moon at 7 to 10 days
Moon at 7 to 10 days. Shot on 4 consecutive days from June 22 through June 25, 2007. Here’s what I have so far on my “all phases of the moon” project. […]
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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.