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,…
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…