I drove up to New York and picked up all of the electronics, cabinets, etc for completing the installation of telescopes into the observatory. Got…
I still can’t think of a good way to work on the scope when it is on the 8 foot pier, so I bit the…
When the Exploradome came in to Stellarvision a couple of weeks ago I drove down and picked up the roof part, roof panels, the ring,…
While I am without observatory, I sent the MX mount back in to Bisque to have it looked at. Had spent quite a bit of…
Its has been awhile, because my wife and I have just retired and are in the process of relocating to Arizona. So, I have removed…
Went down and adjusted the polar alignment again as per last night’s TPoint model. Started another 300 point run. Problem: about 30 points in, the…
Got the Andy Homeyer cradle installed. Oddly, the straps he sent were not quite long enough – short by a few millimeters. He sent out…
Last night was a beautiful night, so I tried some more testing. First, I reran the flats for the Canon using a target of 5000…
Last Wednesday, Steve came over to the dome/clamshell and verified the operation as I opened and closed the dome. Everything seemed to be working fine.…
Got a couple of relatively clear hours last night, so I ran a Big Model (308 points). Raw results indicates that both Alt and Az…