Put a Gigabit LAN card in the old white computer (the one on the right in the bay) and fitted an Aluminium bracket loaded with cable ties to take (most of) the cables from the Paramount to the computers, off … Continue reading
Here is the current state of play with the mini-WASP array project. Kieron of SCS Astro came to my rescue yet again with a third Paramount counterweight that I desperately needed before firing up the Paramount with the Sky 6. … Continue reading
This man was walking on the Moon! And so was the guy on the left in this shot:
Just a reminder that non-astronomical piccies that I used to post on this site can now be seen on my Scientific Artist web site. So those high-speed flash, mega-panoramas, macromosaics and micromosaics can now be seen over there 🙂
Tom How just pointed something out to me that came as a bit of a shock. The mini-WASP project has been over 4 years in the making – to be precise, my first NFO post on the mini-WASP array was … Continue reading
On this grey, murky, rainy day I thought I’d take a picture of something bright in the garden – a pair of Keck domes now reside at the New Forest Observatory 🙂
Mini-WASP array now fitted in the dome, side panels on the frame, everything bolted down. Will just dry run the Paramount using the Sky 6 software and call it a day. Next step is to manually polar align and visually … Continue reading
Power now connected to the dome and the dehumidifier is running 🙂
Turned out to be a bit of a marathon job finishing off the mini-WASP observatory flooring. On the top you can see the Pulsar Observatories’ cushioned flooring (very nice!). Directly underneath the cushioned floor is the Pulsar Observatories supplied waterproof … Continue reading
Two images taken from the Tenerife Observatories site can be seen on today’s EPOD 🙂 Brings back magical memories of the fantastic Starmus Festival. Thank you Jim for continuing to publish my work 🙂
