Category Archives: Projects

It was a clear night last night (although the seeing was very poor) and it allowed me to iron out the last few bugs that were plaguing me with the mini-WASP array.  Only got some short exposure times, but now … Continue reading →

The final single star image from last night, 16 subs at 5-minutes per sub using the M26C/Sky90 on Pollox, Castor’s twin.  A bit of colour in Pollux (unlike Castor) so I went for this one first.

Another one from last night – this time Polaris using 19 subs at 5-minutes per sub on the M26C/Sky 90.  A few faint fuzzies in the background, but annoyingly just missed Polarissima Borealis.  North is up and note that we … Continue reading →

After the most abysmal day and plenty of rain it cleared to give the most beautiful evening of the year so far for imaging.  I wanted to make the most of the good imaging conditions so went for quantity rather than … Continue reading →

Here is a two-camera two-scope mini-WASP image taken a few nights ago.  It is fairly poor overall mainly because this was only 4 sub-exposures (they were however 1,000 second subs).  I can make a vast improvement to this image with … Continue reading →

The new Robofocus mounts were completed and tested today, all looks fine.  Now I’m just waiting for a good friend to bring me his Sky 90 as the second imaging scope and I’ll be able to get on with the … Continue reading →

Just making a couple of new Aluminium brackets to hold the Robofocus units to the Sky 90s.  At present I mount the motors on a plate off the rack and pinion screws which on reflection is probably not the best … Continue reading →