CCD Notes
Get this done!
needed to make great things happen, so figure it out already and put them in the kit. Add this venture to my "Team Sisyphus" website for projects that seem, well, Sisyphusian. (November 2006) Wifi Astronomy, Part 2
but practice can't hurt. Wifi Astronomy
telescope out in the backyard, hooked a notebook computer to it, linked to the notebook wirelessly, controlled it from my office, and took data without fighting bugs, dew, and the muggy damp. Sacajawea Sits for a Portrait
More Dark Frames and Analysis.
In a Dark Time...
(2004 July 22) Latest Pix Revisit M13, M101.
focus? If I use the telescope at its native F6, can I use a Maxbright diagonal to take up backfocus, shortening the cantilever of the focusser's drawtube? Yes, and yes. If you watch the guide star in Maxim and don't click on the light image before saving six 5-minute exposures of M13, what happens? (2004 July 15-16) July 14-15 Comet NEAT 2001 Q4, M13, the Veil.
with a telecompressor, find out how much in-travel is available, try out the IR-blocking clear filter, try out a home-made power distribution case to simplify set up and take down, work some kinks out of the telephoto lens configuration, use MaxIm 4.01 for as much as possible, and get a few photos to feel good about the system. (2004 July 14-15) Comedy of Errors (Not Yet Posted)
length (F6, 762mm). Find the point of best focus, put the IR-blocking clear filter through its paces, experiment with the autofocussing hard- and software, find approximate filter offsets. Maybe make a few pretty pictures. (2004 July 8-9) First Light.
works. No guiding issues at this focal length, so the equation is somewhat simplified. (June 8, 2004) |