Jupiter 2021Nov19
After doing the barlow test, I moved ahead to try Jupiter out again… with the max x3 barlow (which turned out to have dust spots, so it too is now…
Telescope barlow focuser relationship
I did a short experiment last night with barlows and focussing distances. The results baffle me so I am going to have to try it again. As a general rule…
Partial Lunar Eclipse 2021 Nov 19
The first lunar eclipse in some time, partial or total. Of course the clouds came for the event! Up at 02:00 Local, 03:00 local, 04:00 local.. cloud Finally around 04:30…
Minor Planet (10062) Kimhay
Congratulations! (10062) Kimhay = 1988 RV4 = 1997 UY24 Discovered at La Silla on 1988-09-01 by H. Debehogne. (10062) Kimhay Kimberley Dawn Hay (b. 1959) is an enthusiastic observer, sunspot…
Allsky1pi camera system software upgrade
The allskypi camera upgrade from 0.6 to 0.8 took about 10 minutes and the new software is *amazeballs* A new web GUI interface for settings which has more info about…
10 years of Radio Jove
It’s been over 10 years actually (2011 April) since we assembled out RadioJove radio receiver, built the dual dipole antenna, and have been recording both Jupiter and Solar radio events.…
Jupiter 2021Oct01
This was the last images of the Jupiter imaging test from Friday night, after 2000 EDT and into the next day UTC. So.. the details… The ZWO ASI290MC camera has…
Jupiter 20210918
Pretty poor out last night for planetary… almost full moon, very close to Jupiter. Seeing poor, transparency poor. This image was the best, the last of the evening. 180 second…
Adventures in Commissioning an observatory
I too spent a few hours last evening/night. Mark had kindly repaired the JMI remote motofocus USB interface and it worked great! Having numbers to record for focusing with no…
SCGO Serenity Observatory Renovation 2021
This is the original Serenity Observatory at SCGO circa 2020 January. It is located out in the back lowlands which often are quite wet. We have been adding an earth…
Saturn 2021 July 30
This is one of a few imaging runs of Saturn taken Friday evening. The new mount is still not polar aligned, so there was more drift than I was happy…
Jupiter 2021July24
“It’s been a long time.. gettin from there to here” – Star Trek Enterprise More specifically related to astronomy… my first substantial mount and telescope are here installed and working.…
Allsky1pi camera system update
The Allsky1pi camera system is slowing coming back to normal. It stopped working a few weeks back, from a suspected overheating of the camera and the raspberry pi. The housing…
Jupiter 2021July05
This is the best image from this mornings run of Jupiter, from 03:58-4:40 EDT. Meade LXD55 Mount, Meade 102mmSC fl=1000 plus a x2 barlow and the ZWO ASI 290MC camera…
ISS transit of the Moon 2021May20
This is my *single* frame capture of the ISS transit of the moon on Thursday 2021 May 20th at 23:58:08 UTC. The ISS is the little lighter blotch in the…