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 🙂 🙂
Simon Parkin showed the recent Crescent nebula with Carbon star image on tonight’s Meridian Weather 🙂
I was just about to post up last night’s imaging session when I saw the counter has just gone over the 300,000 mark 🙂 Thank you all for visiting, and keep the visits coming, the mini-WASP array will be imaging … Continue reading
If you’re into Science Fiction I can highly recommend “Slabscape: Reset” – the best thing I’ve picked (well Kindled anyway) since William Gibson’s Neuromancer – and that’s going back a LONG time 🙂
Spica Star name: Spica Other names: Alpha Virginis, Azimech, Alaraph, Dana Constellation: Virgo Other ID: 67 Virginis, HR5056, HD116658, SAO157923, HIP65474 Magnitude: +1.04 Absolute magnitude: -3.55 Luminosity, Sun = 1: 12,100 R.A. 2000: 13hr 25min 11.5793sec … Continue reading
Well I don’t think there is going to be much let up in the rain for a good few months now – I have just received a new camera for the Hyperstar III. For quite a while now I have … Continue reading
