A new course is available at the New Forest Observatory for those wishing to set up their own “Mini-WASP array”.
A lot has happened since the last post on this topic. First off, I decided that rather than putting this lens on the mini-WASP array, I would piggy-back it on the C11 as I did originally. Why? Because otherwise I … Continue reading
A friend on one of the astronomy forums asked me if these would be any good for taking flats: Any good? They are utterly superb!!!!!!!!!!!! AND they are cheap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND you can get an A3 or even an A2 panel … Continue reading
Just been told I got today’s Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) http://epod.usra.edu/ Took a look, and yep, sure enough, my favourite insect – the Morpho Rhetenor butterfly which kindly provided me with the Patent design for a new type … Continue reading
I am getting all the bits together to be able to put another Canon 200mm prime lens on the mini-WASP top plate. I will use an M26C camera from the top TS80 scope and will put an eyepiece (shock-horror) into … Continue reading
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
