Category : General

The NexStar Evolution and SkyPortal Users Guide

Posted on: December 6, 2017 /
Categories: General

The NexStar Evolution is a type of telescope made by Celetstron and the SkyPortal is a Wi-Fi control that allows the user to align and operate the telescope mount from a tablet or smart phone. The book begins by looking back at the early digital telescope controllers including the Vixen Sky Sensor and the LX200

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New Geoptik Adaptor Videos

Posted on: March 28, 2016 /
Categories: General, How To

I have just uploaded 2 new Geoptik videos. There are now 4 in the series (so far). 1. Unboxing the Geoptik CCD to Canon Lens adaptor 2. How to set up the Geoptik CCD to Canon Lens adaptor 3. How to focus the lens on a Geoptik CCD to Lens adaptor 4. Setting backfocus and

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Ian King Advanced Imaging Day

Posted on: March 13, 2011 /
Categories: General

On Saturday 13th November I headed on over to a small village outside of Rugby to attend an Advanced CCD Imaging Course run by Ian King. I did not know what to expect when it came to the venue, all I knew was that it was in a village hall. Well usually village halls conjure

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Saturn Talk by Carolin Crawford

Posted on: May 16, 2010 /
Categories: General

I went to my local Ely Astro Club on Friday night, at the Ely Museum. I had heard Carolin talk before a couple of times at the Cambridge Institute of Astronomy and so I knew her talks are really good. Tonight the talk was about everything to do with the planet Saturn. Carolin started by talking

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UFO Lands on my Lawn

Posted on: May 1, 2010 /
Categories: General

I awoke on Sunday morning to find an unusual object on my lawn. A lot of people mistake these items in the sky for UFO. Of course they are chinese flying lanterns. It’s the first one I have ever seen close-up, let alone one at it’s end of life state. But I was impressed by how

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Great Orion Nebula Image

Posted on: February 15, 2010 /
Categories: General

I tried guiding again the other night for the first time in ages. I went back to imaging with the LX200 and guiding with my cheap refractor. I took this image of the Orion Nebula for 2.5mins with my Canon 450D and Astronomik CLS filter attached directly to the Meade LX200 10″ scope. The initial

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Orion Nebula and Pleiades Images

Posted on: January 18, 2010 /
Categories: General

Managed to get out last night at about 9.30pm until Midnight. With so many great sights in the sky at the moment in January it’s hard to know what to try and image first. M1 Crab Nebula, M45 Pleiades, Mars, M42 Orion Nebula, Horsehead Nebula etc. At the moment I love connecting my Canon 450D

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How To Make a Wooden Camera Mount

Posted on: October 11, 2009 /
Categories: General

Since getting my guiding telescope on top of my Meade LX200, I have run out of space to put other items around the telescope. When you first get an LX200 telescope, you think there are lots of screws to use to add extras, but they soon get all used. I currently have the Meade finder

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Damian Peach No Show at FAS 2009

Posted on: October 3, 2009 /
Categories: General

Hi, Just returned from a day at the Cambridge Federation of Astronomical Societies Annual Convention. It was quite a nice and quiet day at the Cambridge campus.  I arrived just after the Dr Hayley Gomez talk, to be told on the door that Damian Peach was ill and would not be presenting. It was really strange,

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Jessops Camera Voucher Codes

Posted on: September 27, 2009 /
Categories: General

I don’t usually publicise this sort of thing, but I have found some discount voucher codes for Jessops cameras online: Use code CAMERAS8 – 8% off all compact digital cameras – Ends midnight 9th Oct Use code NIKD300 – £30 off the Nikon D300 body – Ends midnight 2nd Oct Use code NIKD300S – £50

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