Glass Project Phase 1
I lucked into the purchase of an old kiln, 17.5″ inside diameter, with good fire brick and elements for $50Cdn on Kijiji! So, I’ll be working on the electronics to…
M33 116m
Here’s another M33 shot incorporating the 22mins of data I had previously and adding another 94 mins of data for a total of 116 mins, approaching 2 hours of 60…
And it begins…
Well we avoided snow into November at least… hopefully after another week of cloudy skies we get some clear cold nights!
Andromeda Galaxy Mosaic (M31)
The Andromeda Galaxy (IPA: /ænˈdrɒmɪdə/), also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224 and originally the Andromeda Nebula, is a barred spiral galaxy with diameter of about 46.56 kiloparsecs…
Crescent Nebula (NGC6888)
The Crescent Nebula (also known as NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, Sharpless 105) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away from Earth. It was discovered by…
Triangulum Galaxy (M33)
The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy 2.73 million light-years (ly) from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC (New General Catalogue) 598. With…
Double Cluster in Perseus
NGC 869 and 884 are often designated h and χ Persei, respectively. The cluster is about 14 million years old. Located in the Perseus OB1 association, both clusters are located…
Electronics V1
For the last little while I’ve been working on software stuff a fair bit. The observatory controller SPAO-OBS is now fully configured using Astroberry Server, Indi-AllSky for the Allsky camera,…