Sergi Verdugo is a very clever chap http://astrophoto-sv.com/index.php?p=1_78 🙂 I have been thinking today about setting up a second Canon 200mm lens on the mini-WASP array for the wide field work. To this end I was looking for 72mm HUTECH IDAS … Continue reading
Here is the current status of the mini-WASP array as of beginning May 2014. The latest addition is the autofocuser for the Canon 200mm prime lens fitted to the top plate. So we have: 1) A Megrez 80 used as … Continue reading
Grabbed a couple of pics of the Tom How autofocuser this afternoon. Follow the yellow lead from the stepper motor to the control box housing the Arduino and the stepper motor drive board.
Met up with Tom How for the first time in quite a while and he brought along the stepper motor/Arduino drive unit for auto-focusing the Canon 200mm lens. Focusmax talks to the unit (and to Maxim DL) and it all … Continue reading
In putting together the next book “Experimental Photography” I came across some unprocessed data from a while back. It was Carbon star V623 Cassiopeiae or SAO23858 – a very nice Carbon star lying just below Pazmino’s cluster in the constellation … Continue reading
So today’s APOD describes Spica as bright bluish. Well you’re slowly getting there guys, eventually you’ll cotton on. If you check out the negativity of the B-V index you’ll find that Spica is in fact the 3rd bluest star in … Continue reading
Today’s APOD is a nice Mars, Ceres, Vesta image, but the words to go with the image are a bit of a let down. We read – “Clearly outshining bluish Spica ………..” – BLUISH SPICA!! The brightest blue star in … Continue reading
First the positive. 90 pages of the new book completed, estimated total 250 pages. Now the negative. All my (5) observatory computers are XP-based machines as there are still plenty of astronomy bits running on ancient software. As you know … Continue reading
My recent Mars & Spica DSLR image made today’s Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD). Thank you Jim for publishing my work 🙂
I had discussions with a book publisher yesterday to see how he felt about a “photography book” project I have been mulling over for around 2 or 3 years now. I am pleased to say that he thought it was … Continue reading
