Exterior complete!
The exterior of the new Micro-observatory is complete! Just need to finish off the electronics and mount the door and the observatory will be fully done, and the fine-tuning the…
First light for real this time!
First light tonight! Lots of things worked well, lots of things didn’t, and lots to do to get it back to the point I had it with the old observatory!…
Telescope Installed!
Last night I completed installing my NEQ6 mount and a 102mm refractor in the observatory. Unfortunately a couple of AC adapters have gone missing including the one for my powered…
Build Day 19
After a rainy miserable week, back at it with a new coat of stain for the entire building (a bit lighter shade) and trim for the whole building. I put…
Visit my new Patreon Site!
Please visit my Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/openastronomy! For many years I’ve been providing quality content to a very limited audience of astronomy clubs and online forums. However, I think there…
Build Day 17
Since it’s raining today and promises to rain for the next 5 days my focus has changed to working on the electronics package to run the Micro-Observatory (MO). I transferred…
Day 16 Build
Doors are cut and framed in (although not in this image) and the pier plate is aligned with North so the telescope can be polar aligned. Now all that’s needed…
Award for Outstanding Service
Thank you to the RASC Winnipeg Centre for awarding me the 2021 Award for Outstanding Service at the last meeting. I am pleased to be recognized! Some of the services…
Day 15 Build
The roof was trimmed, a gutter added on the S side to catch any runoff on the roof (it’s tilted S so solar panels can be mounted on it, which…
Day 14 Build
Fixed the installation of the motor so it is sideways to the rail to permit use of the magnets for limit switches. It works!