I ordered a Robofocus unit for the TS 80mm triplet APO last Friday after lunch – and it arrived at 2:00 p.m. today (Monday) – and that’s all the way from the States!! Unbelievable speed of delivery – well done … Continue reading
Looking at the front face view of the array, top left we have the TS 80mm triplet APO, top right is the 80mm Megrez guide scope, and occupying both lower slots are the pair of Sky 90s. Looking at the … Continue reading
Today the TS 80mm triplet APO (with flattener) arrived after ordering from Bern at Modern Astronomy – great service Bern, now let’s see what this little scope can do 🙂 On the back of the TS 80mm is an M26C … Continue reading
I have two desktops and a single laptop connected up to three M26C cameras in the mini-WASP observatory. I fired up Tom How’s synchronisation program to make sure it can control 3 cameras o.k. – it did of course. Next … Continue reading
I have returned the faithful old M25C to the Hyperstar and taken the new M26C into the mini-WASP observatory (North dome) awaiting the arrival of the TS 80mm triplet APO. Expect rain and cloud for at least the next 6 … Continue reading
First off a big thank you to Tom How for patiently walking me through how to configure his fantastic “synch” program to accommodate a second “slave” camera. Tom has written some very useful code that works with Maxim DL that … Continue reading
Here is a clip of Neil Armstrong at the Starmus Festival last year in Tenerife. For me it was an almost overwhelming experience being in the presence of the first man to walk on the Moon, and he appeared to … Continue reading
Here is the Type I Curta calculator that was sent from the States last week (arrived today after a week’s delay in Customs). This is an August 1956 version and is in near mint condition. Done a few multiplications … Continue reading
What’s really nice about the Curta calculator is that by thinking about the maths problem you want to solve in a logical manner you can minimise the number of handle rotations to calculate the answer. So for example, finding the … Continue reading
Gaze and weep at this engineering beauty. And remember, this was made in the days before CNC equipment!!! Arrived this morning, courtesy of E-Bay 🙂 🙂
