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Moon at 16 days old (compare ED80 to Veronica)
Moon at 16 days old. This is a comparison of 2 shots of the moon, taken on the same night, with the same exposure length, one through the ED80 refractor and the […]
Moon at 10 days
Moon at 10 days old. First light for new Opteka 500mm f/8 mirror lens. Focus needs work.
First Quarter Moon
First Quarter Moon (7 days old)
Moon at 17 days
Moon at 17 days. August 12, 2006. Nikon D70/ED80 @ f/7.5. from the new observatory.
Moon at 12 days
Moon at 12 days. June 20, 2005. Nikon D70/Schmidt-Newt 6” @ f/5. Stack of 15 frames.
Moon at 9 days
Moon at 9 days. Single image, stack of 72 frames. February 18, 2005. Celestron NexImage at prime focus of ST80.
Full Moon mosaic
Full Moon. Mosaic of 6 images. June 2, 2004. Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000 at prime focus of ED80. Higher res version here.
Moon at 3 days, large mosaic
Moon at 3 days. Mosaic of 10 images. April 22, 2004. Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000 at prime focus of SVP8. Click for fullsize image.
Early afocal moon photos
Detail of lunar southern region. Feb 28, 2004. Kodak DC280 afocal. Mons Appenines. 2004. Feb 28, 2004. Kodak DC280 afocal. Shot through a 10mm eyepiece.
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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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Another beautiful night.