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Category Archives: mini-WASP Array
It always begins with digging a hole :)
I cut first turf in starting the mega mini-WASP project this afternoon. Beautiful hot sunny day, too hot for hard labour really but I thought I’d better get started with the obligatory hole in the ground before the ground turned … Continue reading
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mini-WASP array – project sponsors
Please note the new category above, in the header bar, for the New Forest Observatory. In this section I will list suppliers who have generously helped out with the creation of the mini-WASP imaging array. First in the list is Kieron of … Continue reading
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The mini-WASP array 2011
As we leave winter and start heading for spring I am coming out of hibernation and beginning the final thrust of getting the mini-WASP array on-line. Next week I am getting in some quotes for the concrete block and decking … Continue reading
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A video clip of the Paramount ME in action.
I connected up the Paramount ME to its 48V power supply which in turn goes to a 1000W uninterruptible power supply (UPS) in my attempt to protect the delicate Paramount motor boards and electronics from anything nasty coming down the … Continue reading
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Now the Paramount is in the study as well as the pier.
The Paramount has now been brought up to my study and is sutting on the Aluminium pier ready to be fired up. Must admit I hadn’t planned for my study to be taken over with Astronomy equipment – but needs … Continue reading
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The all-Aluminium pier for the Paramount and mini-WASP array
I have just brought the massive all-Aluminium mini-WASP pier in from the shed. I will set it up in the upstairs study with the Paramount on top to give a dry run for the computer and all the electronics. The … Continue reading
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First video diary entry for the new mini-WASP imaging array
Thought I would begin a video diary on the mini-WASP array project at this time even before the hole has been dug in the ground for the obligatory concrete block. As we are all aware – any new observatory project … Continue reading
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Slight change of plan
Having put the filter-wheel together it is too heavy, big and bulky to piggyback with the Sky90 on the C11 🙁 I will wait to fit this to the Sky 90 when it is in the mini-WASP frame early next … Continue reading
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Another component for next year’s mini-WASP array launch
I have just been looking at the equipment section of Steve Cannistra’s web site. This section has proven so useful to me over the years (thank you very much Steve!!) that I thought I would give a “running commentary” on … Continue reading
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mini-WASP, the latest
Well with the Sky 90 doing the imaging and the poor C11 just acting as a guide scope we are rapidly coming to the point where I go the whole hog and move over to mini-WASP imaging. Doesn’t look like … Continue reading
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