I have tried a variety of devices in an effort to have flat panel flats in the dome. All were failures: White cardboard square mounted…
The Davis VantagePro 2 weather system has been running well now for perhaps 5 years. We got actual rainfall the other day, a real soaker…
A few weeks ago I started using a light table to produce flat fields. These units use LEDs to illuminate a large screen. Apparently artists…
I have been running about a year now with the two air conditioners. In the beginning this worked very well, but now the air conditioners…
My observatory is in the Arizona desert. As such we get a tremendous amount of dust in the air. I’m sure there is a large…
FSQ Have obtained a new-to-me FSQ106EDIII. After some false starts I have the adapters from OPT and Texas Nautical. Built another bracket to attach the…
Playing with Drizzle again. Saw a mention on the PixInsight forums about Drizzling with factor 1. Apparently this can help reduce the noise in your…
In the course of chasing down a weird problem, a couple of issues came up in discussions with other people. Does the Bias Master frame…
I have always used single star guiding in Maxim. However, in Maxim version 6 they implemented multi-star guiding. I wanted to test the multi-star compared…
I installed a small 8000 BTU window air conditioner in the dome several years ago to keep the dome cool during the summer. I am…