Here is the mini-WASP framework as fully-populated as I can manage it ready for installing into the dome this weekend. The Starlight Xpress cnnectors between the filter-wheels and the Sky 90s arrived promptly this morning (thank you Gill Hattey!) and … Continue reading
Gary & Dave from Pulsar Observatories Ltd. started first thing this morning and have just finished installing the new house for the mini-WASP array. Great job guys – quickly and expertly done – thank you. Pulsar Observatories will appear in … Continue reading
Here is the de-wired mini-WASP framework with three Sky 90 refractors and one Megrez 80 attached. Two Sky 90s will be used for imaging, one will be for visual, and the Megrez 80 is the guide scope in this first … Continue reading
Before taking everything apart to move down into the new observatory – here is the recently tested demi-mini-WASP array on a desk in the study. Why demi-mini-WASP? Because I am starting off modestly with just 2 of the possible 4 … Continue reading
Today I was extremely fortunate to have Tom How over to help me sort out the computer logistical nightmare that the mini-WASP project was becoming for me. After a marathon 9-hour session Tom managed to get the 2 computers (with … Continue reading
Two M26C 10-megapixel one-shot colour cameras, two USB filter-wheels, and a beautiful little guide camera to keep the lot tracking 🙂 Many thanks to Michael Hattey, Terry Platt and Gill Hattey for giving me such a good deal on all … Continue reading
See Neil Armstrong making his appearance at the Starmus Festival on Tenerife, June 2011 in this short video clip. Yep – Garik Israelian managed to get the First Man on the Moon to come and talk at Starmus – truly … Continue reading
A 7-frame panorama stitched using PTGui showing some Teide observatories on Mount Teide, Tenerife.
The recent Starmus Festival in Tenerife was like an astronomer’s Woodstock. You had to be there to understand. People who attended are still shell-shocked from the truly amazing experience that was Starmus. Well done Garik Israelian – you really pulled … Continue reading
Starmus Festival astrophotography winner Alex Cherney got yesterday’s APOD with his prize-winning Starmus entry – a time-lapse video taken from the south Australian coast. One of the most impressive pieces of night-sky time-lapse work I have seen, Alex won a … Continue reading
