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One man’s misery…
Published on 13 Apr 2009 at 9:35 pm.
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…is another man’s good fortune.
I was fortunate enough to pick up an Orion 10-inch SkyQuest Dob, Orion 9 and 25 mm plössls, a Celestron 3.6mm plössl, and an Orion DeepView 35mm multi-coated lens for a measly $200 at a “we’re getting divorced get this the hell out of our house” sale.
Needs a little cleaning up [...]
Better Mount, Better Moon
Published on 11 Jan 2006 at 11:40 pm.
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I was able to get out tonight and get a few shots of the Moon before a hazy cloud layer streamed in. The temperature was 63º F with 88% humidity so a felt a bit warmer then Monday night’s 64º. Of course my son in his “PJs” was at the back door “I need to [...]
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Tuesday Two-fer
Published on 28 Dec 2005 at 2:42 am.
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Well at long last the sky has cleared up and the haze has lifted. The temperature is 47º F (which is so cold for us here that I’m tempted to express it in Kelvin… but anyway) and I’d say the seeing is about as good as it ever gets.
I took the scope out on Christmas [...]
Weasner’s iSight Astrophotography Page
Published on 24 Aug 2005 at 9:23 am.
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Being a Mac user and an iSight owner I was very excited to find this, Weasner’s iSight Astrophotography Page.
The iSight is a fantastic and versatile quality firewire camera and until now there has been (and continues to be officially) no retail device to mate it to a telescope. Apparently this person has stumbled upon [...]
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My Setup
Published on 5 May 2005 at 12:23 pm.
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I finally started going through my observing gear and making a comprehensive list of what I have.
