astronomy

Astronomy

Z72 Operational Software Setup – October 2013

Before I built the observatory I used to only use the laptop when I was going to try imaging. Now the laptop is almost always used unless I really am only doing visual astronomy and don’t want to bother with planetarium software, in which case the laptop and camera are a distraction to trying to […]

Astronomy

Getting sharp focus with your telescope

Some friends after seeing a strangely cut bit of cardboard in the observatory suggested I write a blog post about it. Those of you who do astrophotography won’t need an introduction to the Bahtinov Mask, but this post might be of interest to the rest. Getting focus right in astrophotography isn’t easy. Autofocus doesn’t work

Astronomy

Observatory Code!

This morning I got this one line email from the International Astronomical Union Minor Planet Center: Your site is now code Z72. So Cademuir observatory is now officially recognised by the MPC! In order to obtain an observatory code it’s necessary to observe some minor planets (in the 1000-400,000 range) of varying magnitudes, at least

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