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Zeiss Sfl 8×30 Binoculars By Zeiss
2023-06-01 08:06
Zeiss Sfl 8×30 BinocularsZeiss SFL 8×30 Binoculars Price: £1300.00 Buy Now from Warehouse Express The post Zeiss Sfl 8×30 Binoculars by Zeiss appeared first on Astron… Read More
Zeiss Sfl 8×40 Binoculars By Zeiss
2023-06-01 08:06
Zeiss Sfl 8×40 BinocularsZeiss SFL 8×40 Binoculars Price: £1550.00 Buy Now from Warehouse Express The post Zeiss Sfl 8×40 Binoculars by Zeiss appeared first on Astron… Read More
2021-06-15 13:44
I have my Lakeside Focuser boxes around the outside of my metal pier held on by wrapping a wide piece of velcro around them. The problem is they do move a bit now and again. So I decided to… Read More
2021-06-11 15:06
After days of hot and sunny and cloudless skies of course on the day of the solar eclipse it was nearly 100% cloud cover. I nearly didn’t even both opening the observatory roof. But I… Read More
3D Printed Solar Finder
2021-06-11 09:48
I could really have done with this on the day of the partial solar eclipse on 10th June 2021. I didn’t have any way of aligning the telescope on the Sun that day. It was made even hard… Read More
2020-05-31 19:02
Saturday 30th May 2020 22.30 to 02.00 BST 10.30pm until 2am BST on Saturday 30th May 2020 – too bright for any ISS or Space X rockets though at 10.15pm BST. Raspberry Pi running a P… Read More
EQ8 FTDI EQDIR USB Cable Upgrade
2019-11-22 17:13
After changing from RS232-to-Serial cables that connect my Lakeside focusers to my PC, I decided it was time to upgrade the EQ8 Dir cable as well. That was an older one from HiTec Astro and… Read More
Mercury Transit 2019 Report
2019-11-12 16:53
The Mercury transit 2019 for the UK was on Monday 11th November with it hitting the middle of the Sun at about 3pm UK time. Start time was around 12.30. Not the best time to have a transit i… Read More
Zeiss Gavia Astroadapter By Zeiss
2019-10-25 14:11
Zeiss Gavia AstroadapterDesigned for stargazers, the Zeiss Gavia Astro Adapter enables standard astro eyepieces to be mounted on to the Zeiss Conquest Gavia. Available as 1 Price: £66… Read More
The Art Of Astrophotography Book Review
2019-08-20 14:01
Not another astrophotography book I hear you say, now it seems that observational astronomy it dwindling and now everyone wants to image. Why wouldn’t you though, it nice to share pret… Read More
Astronomy Of The Milky Way Book Review
2019-06-04 11:30
The Observer’s Guide to the Southern Sky This is the second edition of Astronomy of the Milky Way by Mike Inglis. This second edition has been updated with new science that has been f… Read More
Inside PixInsight Book Review
2018-05-30 13:08
There have been numerous YouTube videos, articles and DVDs on PixInsight, but it’s good to see a thorough PixInsight book written on the subject with lots of helpful screenshots. I hav… Read More
Finding A Million Star Hotel Book Review
2018-04-23 08:57
Finding a million star hotel – An Astro-Tourist’s Guide to Dark Sky Places written by Bob Mizon. The main body of the book is about various locations from which to stargaze arou… Read More
Atlas Of Great Comets Book Review
2017-04-25 13:22
Atlas of Great Comets by Ronald Stoyan, published by Cambridge University Press The Atlas of Great Comets is a hardcover book by Ronald Stoyan. It’s hard to imagine what a comet book w… Read More
2017-01-27 09:41
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Astro Imaging Projects Book Review
2017-01-03 16:56
Astro Imaging Projects for Amateur Astronomers – A Maker’s Guide by Jim Chung This book is part of The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy range of books from Springer. Astro Imagi… Read More
Canon 200mm 2.8 Lens For Widefield Imaging
2016-09-21 07:42
I have been trying out widefield imaging with the Geoptik adaptor and my Atik 460 mono camera using a relatively cheap Canon 75-300mm zoom lens. I have found that you need to step down the f… Read More
Lessons From The Masters Book Review
2016-08-10 11:16
Lessons from the Masters is an astrophotography book from Springer. Each chapter is written by different well known astrophotographers. It is good to have individual chapters, as it makes it… Read More
Lunar Rover Users Manual Book Review
2016-07-04 19:39
The Haynes Lunar Rover Owners’ Workshop Manual contains a foreword by Apollo 15 Commander David R Scott. This Haynes Lunar Rover users manual covers the Lunar Rover from 1971-1972 and… Read More
Apollo 11 Owners Manual Book Review
2016-06-15 10:58
The Haynes Apollo 11 Owners Manual is an intriguing book and one of the first Haynes books to move away from the automotive sector. Don’t expect pages and pages of cross sectional diag… Read More
2016-06-09 07:37
Last night I did a quick couple of talks at the Cambridge Astronomy Association on lunar imaging and widefield imaging using a Geoptik CCD to lens adaptor. The lunar imaging talk covered the… Read More
Transit Of Mercury 2016
2016-05-09 21:42
Today was the transit of Mercury 2016. I had two set-ups today – my Coronado Ha PST telescope with my ASI120-MMS camera in it and my Meade 127mm refractor with a white light filter on… Read More
A And F Type Stars Talk
2016-04-30 18:42
On Saturday I did another talk for the Cambridge Young Astronomers. This months topic was covering the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram and explaining all the different star types within it… Read More
Building And Using Binoscopes Book Review
2016-04-25 20:36
This is a book review of Building and using Binoscopes by Norman Butler. If you love observing the heavens and have ever tried using a binoviewer then you will know how building a binoscope… Read More
2016-03-28 13:29
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… Read More
2016-03-16 19:50
This is part of the moon I took using my 127mm Meade telescope and an ASI120MM-S camera. There was a fair bit of atmospheric turbulence, but without using any amplification the moons surface… Read More
2016-02-14 21:23
Orion nebula and Horsehead nebula in Hydrogen Alpha. I used a Canon 75-300mm lens set to 100mm at about f6 attached to a cooled CCD camera via an Geoptik adaptor. This image was consists of… Read More
2016-02-14 20:47
Heart and Soul Nebula IC1805 in Hydrogen Alpha. I used a Canon 75-300mm lens set at 100mm. The Canon lens is attached via a Geoptik adaptor to an Atik 460EX mono camera. This image consiste… Read More
2016-01-31 20:50
On Saturday I did another talk for the Cambridge Young Astronomers. This months topic was our nearest neighbour. I chose what you can see on the Moon by naked eye, binoculars and telescope… Read More
2016-01-19 21:25
Patrick Moore’s Observer’s Year: 366 Nights of the Universe The original text of this book was written by Patrick Moore, and the majority of the text has not been touched but th… Read More
2016-01-06 21:33
Solar Sketching is a comprehensive introduction into recording the Sun features by sketching. The introduction gives a detailed description into the basic equipment required including Filter… Read More
2015-12-21 10:23
I did manage to get out last night and start on the Heart Nebula, only about my 2nd imaging object this winter season. But it’s so big though I can’t fit it all on the chip with… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This M81 image was actually taken in April 2013, just processed it in March 2014. Taken on my Altair Astro 8″ RC Telescope on an EQ6 mount. Used my Atik 314L+ CCD camera and took LRGB… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
My new EQ8 mount was delivered the other day and I noticed straightaway the handset port has changed since the EQ6 version which was a 9 pin serial RS232 type connection. The new EQ8 handset… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Will we see a wide range of discounts at Astrofest in 2014? I do hope so, as there was very little discounting at Astrofest 2013. Keep your eyes out this weekend for retailers who also offer… Read More

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