homedome.com

fourthdimensionastroimaging.com

Equipment, Hardware and Software

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I currently have 2 scopes - a 12.5 f/9 RC. And a 4 f/5. The smaller scope is piggybacked on the RC. The camera shown here. On the FSQ with the. Verything is housed in a. The mount is the. Bisque, and it is attached to a 9' pier, courtesy of. A friend who is a commercial plumber - the pier. Is sunk 5' down under into several cubic yards of. Concrete. The mount is controlled by. The dome rotates on two of these motors,. Positioned 180 degrees apart. The motors are. Ow to keep its slit. Shown to the right.

obs.nineplanets.org

Amateur Observatories

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Examples of small observatories that individual amateur astronomers have built for personal use. I started this list when doing research before building my own observatory. I got a lot of good ideas by looking at what others had done. Perhaps you will, too :-). Note: New entries are marked with an asterisk. Very nice roll-off plans, kits and installations. At Home In A Dome. Candomes Observatories, Ltd. Arctic Industries Optical Division. Observatorio de la Ballona. Observatori de Can Duran. Observatori ...

lunatico.es

Dealers

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Seletek - Armadillo - Platypus. ATC, astrotelescope company. Madrid y zona centro:. APT Astronomía para todos.

darksights.com

Equipment

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The guiding camera duties are handled by a Starfish guider from Fishcamp Engineering. The imaging camera will be focused by an excellent Starlight Feathertouch 3.5 focuser using a Robofocus. All the custom adapters needed to attach the The camera to the focuser/corrector, while maintaining the proper backspacing distance, were made by Ashley Stevens at PreciseParts. Other pieces of hardware in the observatory include the nicest equipment I have found in the war against dew - the DewBuster.

cloudbait.com

Cloudbait Observatory Instrumentation

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300mm aperture, 3000mm focal length fork mounted Schmidt-Cassegrain. On a separate 80mm f/5 achromat guide scope with motorized positioner. System driving the LX200 primary focuser. Cooled KAF0400/KAF1600 CCD camera, Ethernet interface. Cooled CCD camera, 1530 x 1020 pixel array, 9 x 9 micron pixels, Ethernet interface. Cooled CCD camera, 375 x 242 pixel array, 23 x 27 micron pixels. High sensitivity video camera, modified for remote control operation. Allsky meteor detecting and recording camera.

menkescientific.com

About John and Meg Menke

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During those dome manufacturing years, we also wrote two popular booklets that have been used by thousands of astronomers around the world: At Home in a Dome and Remote Control Astronomy Handbook. (Both booklets are available free on the Internet. Click here. For more information.). After several years operating Menke Scientific, Ltd. as a consulting practice, we have now shifted our activities soley to astronomical research and a range of family, travel, volunteer and community projects. John is an acti...

starryvistas.net

Starry Vistas - Equipment

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This page talks about the equipment I own/use for both astrophotography and visual stargazing. If you are considering purchasing any equipment I mention here and want more information, feel free to contact me. I have done all my astrophotography since 2004 using a Takahashi Sky 90. A 35 doublet apochromatic refractor, it weighs just 7 pounds, and is a mere 13.8 long with the dew shield retracted. A camera angle adjuster is also a highly useful accessory, allowing the camera to rotate without losing focus.

clouddetection.com

About Us

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Technical Innovations - Manufacturer of Home-Dome/Pro-Dome observatories. We have been producing quality observatories since 1992, with more than 1,500 in service around the world. Technical Innovations also offers a complete line of dome accessories, including Digital Dome Works (DDW) automation and remote control system; RoboFocus telescope auto-focus system; and now the TI/AAG CloudWatcher sky monitoring system. Please visit our other web sites: www.homedome.com. And www.robofocus.com.

beverlyhillsastronomer.org

Automating the LHiRes III Calibration Lamps

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The Beverly Hills Astronomer. Astronomy from Beverly Hills, MD 21214! Automating the LHiRes III Calibration Lamps. March 15, 2015. The recent upgrades to the LHiRes III spectrograph include an improved calibration lamp assembly that basically has three positions:. Straight through (normal data acquisition). Neon-Argon Wavelength Calibration Lamp. The next task is to create a small class library for the control so that I can incorporate the automation into scripts that can be run from Maxim DL, which is w...

beverlyhillsastronomer.org

The North Dome

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The Beverly Hills Astronomer. Astronomy from Beverly Hills, MD 21214! Dome #1 nearing completion in July of 2006. The first dome, the northern of the pair, which I refer to as the North Dome, was built in the summer of 2006. I designed and built the building myself, though the shape of the “dome” is most definitely inspired by the WIYN Observatory. Dome sections just before assembly. Detail of the wheels, track, and retaining wheels. The 14-inch telescope in the North Dome. Leave a Comment Cancel reply.