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From the land of perpetual overcast skies where we consider ourselves extremely lucky if we catch a glimpse of anything in the sky including the sun!

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< Geosync Satellites ~75 degrees West Longitude
12-28-03 2:30 am 8 frames ~1 minute intervals. Note drift of North satellite!!! Light vertical bars on the left is caused by amp glow as no dark frames were subtracted from this sequence. SCOPE used to capture this sequence.

The new GMV-EX6K / MINTRON 12V1E-EX CAMERA is sensitive enough to image geosync satellites in REAL time. The Polaris DX-8263SL (which is nowhere near as sensitive) is a color camera with similar features. A comparison of three CCD cameras is HERE.

<Aurora at midnight 11-07-2004

Time lapse video 11-07-2004 Aurora>

Sunspot 696 responsible for the
aurora of 11-07-2004

NOAA Statistical Auroral Oval Map

Weather Maps
Mintron 12V1E-EX Mods - Adding external switches - Remote Control

DX-8263SL Mods - Adding external switches - Remote Control

Manual Gain modification for the PC164C camera !

FIRST LIGHT! Low Light Level camera experiments 11-07-03 (Mintron 12V1E-EX)

Astrophotos facing south August / September 2004

IC434 & B33 The Horsehead from my light polluted front yard! 12-02-2004

Comet Machholz (C2004 Q2) 12-17-2004

2004 Transit of Venus

2nd Widefield Scope 2003 - 2004

1st Widefield Scope 2002 - 2003

ETX-125 and Widefield Scope 12-21-04

ETX-125 rear port zero image shift focus mechanism 12-27-04

700 nm UV / IR infrared blocking Hot Mirror filter ($25) 01-07-04

Green Laser pointer as a finder scope

PC164C low light level TV Camera Jan 2003

Early AstroPix taken with CCD TV Camera - modified hand held Scanner! (1995-1996)

Early CCD Camera

The single photon TOAD detector ! Available at your nearest pond.

Pulsars

Difference Between C & CS Mount lens

Size Matters ! (When it comes to CCD Image Sensors that is.)

Celestron 114mm Reflector telescope on polar mount $5 at a pawn shop!

Preview $5 1.25 inch C-Mount adapter - $5 C-Mount ETX back adapter - CHEAP ETX back focal reduction / projection (Haven't had time to get back to this)

Moon Phase

Don't like the weather? - Stick around a few minutes. It'll change! Could be the worst place on the 3rd rock for astronomy!

Where 85% of the time the weather SUCKS! - Wx MAPS

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