Category: Technology
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 […]
Deep Sky / Gear / General / Long Exposure Photography / Techniques / Technology
what a night
Yesterday afternoon, I industriously cleaned all my camera optics (CCD, MPCC both sides, IDAS-LPS both sides), and was convinced that this would be good for my flat field. More on this later. […]
Re: Gemini Polar alignment workflow
On Jan 12, 2009, at 9:43 AM, Jimbo S. Harris wrote: > A, > > Per our conversation, here is what I’m going to try: > > > 1) Get mount to […]
Gemini
http://www.lazyfocus.com/docs/GSI/GSI_Manual.htm
CCDCommander works with MaxIM 4.x but not MaxDSLR 4.x
CCDCommander integrates with MaxIM DL 4.x vis scripting. MaxDSLR 4.x doesn’t have scripting. Perhaps MaxDSLR 5.x will have it. You can get a DSLR working with CCDCommander if you buy full MaxIM […]
Solar System Photography / Technology
AVI repair
http://www.pk3.org/Astro/index.htm?software_utils.htm
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 […]
LCD test patterns
http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/
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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.