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Astro CCD Camera and 50mm F1.4 = Mag 9
Auckland weather has turned in the last week. Evenings must be about 5-10 degrees cooler now meaning the atmosphere is more stable and ultimately better sky viewing conditions. I set up my Mintron camera with the 50mm F1.4…
Read More »Satellite Tracking Camera – Progress Update
Regular readers of my blog will know that I’ve been working on building a satellite tracking system. The plan is to end up with a fully automatic Pan/Tilt positioning system with a high sensitivity video camera, millisecond accuracy…
Read More »ASCOM and Communications protocols
I hope you all had a great New Year and have big plans for 2011. I don’t have much new to report on the Satellite tracking platform. I’ve been looking into equipment for the system and at communications…
Read More »Removing Excess Weight
I carefully looked over the entire mechanism to decide which parts to keep. The main circuit board worked and using serial could be commanded to go to a position or even store positions, but it lost out due…
Read More »New Project – Satellite Tracking Camera
I recently acquired a second hand Pan Tilt mechanism from a CCTV camera system.
Read More »2010 Geminids Meteor Shower
The Geminids Meteor Shower for 2010 will peak on the 13th & 14th December this year. Expectations are high, with a peak ZHR (Zenithal Hourly Rate) of up to 120. The moon will set in the west around…
Read More »Photograph the moon on the 30th January
The full moon on the 30th January will occur only three hours before perigee (the point where the moon is closest to earth). This will be the closest full moon of 2010. On top of this, the earth…
Read More »Don't forget the Geminids meteor shower
On the 13th and 14th December, we’re expecting the best meteor shower of the year. The Geminids are a meteor shower caused by 3200 Phaethon which should result in around 120 to 140 meteors per hour. On top…
Read More »13 November 1969 – Today in Apollo History
Apollo 12 stories from Newspapers on the 13th November 1969.
Read More »12 November 1969 – Today in Apollo History
Apollo 12 stories from Newspapers on the 12th November 1969.
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