I had just run out of adjustment on the counterweight bar on the Paramount ME as all the weights were at the bottom of the bar. Unfortunately this is before I replace the 3 Trius M26C OSC CCDs with the … Continue reading
For the past two weeks I have been going through a load of old images in order to work out the best parameters to use for this season’s imaging. In doing so I realised that it must be odd, to … Continue reading
Last night was the most productive I’ve ever had in the observatories. Managed to get all 3 of the Canon EF 200mm prime lenses aligned and running. But this was not without having to overcome 5 or 6 major issues. … Continue reading
Is this the final iteration of the MiniWASP/MicroDragonfly imaging arrays? Who knows. But as you can’t see round the back you can’t see that I have yet to swap out the 3 x Trius M26C OSC CCDs for ASI 2600MC … Continue reading
In between gales and pouring rain (continuing today and for the next few days) I have managed to fit the third 200mm Canon lens and 2600MC Pro CMOS camera to the top plate, in between the other two 200mm lenses. … Continue reading
So what’s he doing now, and why is he mucking around changing things already? Well I am unhappy with the mounting arrangement of the third 200mm lens in the old Sky90(3) slot. So what’s the problem? The geometry restriction of … Continue reading
Spent the whole of this morning up to 3:00 p.m. swapping out Sky90(3) for 200mm lens(3). The top image shows the imaging head of the array, whilst the image below shows how the array sits on the Paramount ME. For … Continue reading
I just combined the two M105 images recently taken with the Hyperstar using the brilliant software Registar. Registar makes image combination so easy!
A couple of changes to the re-configuration. I have decided it is pointless to remove ALL the Sky90s from the array and I will simply replace Sky90(3) with the 3rd 200mm Canon lens. That way I retain 5 imaging rigs … Continue reading
The North Dome MiniWASP array is starting its transition to the Micro-Dragonfly array, named after the much larger Dragonfly array. Today I received the first of 3 key components – the 200mm Canon f#2.8 prime lens. I have on order … Continue reading
