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Camera / Gear / Solar System Photography
Jupiter April 9, 2016
Jupiter has been making a really nice pass lately, just parked in the sky under Leo’s hindquarters. It’s been a long time since I did any planetary photography of note; with the […]
Trixie takes a test drive
It was a gorgeous sunny day today in Seattle (very strange for mid February), and the clear skies held up until nearly 11pm. Kismet or dumb luck, I knew that this was […]
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. […]
Jupiter, Jun 23, 2006
One of the first shots from Ad Astra Observatory. 30 frames at 2m intervals stacked 2x and 2.8x (Klee) Barlows.
Jupiter, Mar 6, 2005
Arguably my best Jupiter image to date. Stacked 2x and 3x Barlows 25 frames at 5m intervals The transiting moon is Ganymede (of which I picked up some surface markings, if you […]
Jupiter, Feb 12, 2005
5 frames at 10m intervals. 2x Barlow Celestron NexImage
Jupiter, Apr 3, 2004
5 images at 10m intervals. The “back side” of Jupiter
Jupiter, Apr 2, 2004
4 frames at 10m intervals. Gret Red Spot evident.
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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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Mount / Observatory / Telescope
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Martin Farmer Wormblock installation notes
Deep Sky / Long Exposure Photography
NGC2244, The Rosette Nebula
Deep Sky / Long Exposure Photography
Another beautiful night.