allsky camera and fall issues
We noticed last night that the allsky camera dome was fuzzy and foggy. Going outside we found the inside of the dome condensing and freezing in places. The 24vdc heaters…
software updates
just a short note to point out that a couple of pieces of software that we use have been updated recently. The first is the BOINC, moving up to v6.12.34…
Jupiter anon
Two relatively clear nights in the last week with a lot of cloud, so outside to setup the Lx200gps and do some planetary imaging with the Meade LPI imager. Jupiter…
Asteroid 2005 YU55 a bust
We were preparing to go our and observe and image the close flyby of asteroid 2005 YU55. It was scheduled to be within one degree of Altair at 18:07:30 EST…
Jupiter Saturday Nov 05, 2011
This is an image of Jupiter (jupiter15-139.jpg) from last night (Saturday November 5th, 2011). It is using the Meade LPI software that integrates all on its own and this is…
telescope mods
Wednesday Nov 2nd saw us install a new dew shield for the LX200 made from camping foamy mattress and duct tape:) That and a 12vdc 1amp power supply to run…
Jupiter at opposition
According to our 2011 RASC Observers calendar, Jupiter was at opposition yesterday, Friday October 28th. So we were out looking at it at 6:30am EDT for a short time in…
sbig st237a oddities
Yesterday we noticed that the Allsky camera CCD temperature was listed as 0 deg C. That might happen if the night is particularly warm (say 20-25 deg C) but that…
Fall’N’Stars 2011
Fall’N’Stars 2011 Star Party The 12th Annual Star Party of the Belleville & Kingston Centres of the RASC was held on the weekend of Sept 23-25 and was a blast.…
Processing .FITS image headers
For some years now we have wanted to process the .FITS allsky camera original images a little better. Specifically it would be nice to pull out the CCD Temperature and…
New observing project!
You may remember reading the article earlier about our pier failure. After we decided to reuse refurbish and make the pier operational agian, a projcet idea developed to put a…
telescope maintenance
The RASC-KC’s 20cm Fitzgerald telescope has been dedicated to the KAON Queens University Observatory Open House nights for eight years now and it hasn’t been looked at for at least…