In order to use the LVI Autoguider I ordered recently, I needed to add a guide scope to my setup. When I ordered the EQ6 Pro I also bought an 80mm Skywatcher refractor. It’s nothing special, having cost about GBP£100 and was bought exclusively to be used as a guide …
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Archive for April, 2010
AAVSO Alert Notice 420: Nova in Sagittarius
Monday, April 26th, 2010 at
11:18 pm
AAVSO Alert Notice 420:
Nova in Sagittarius (V5586 Sgr = Nova Sgr 2010 No. 2)
April 26, 2010
Event: Nova in Sagittarius (V5586 Sgr = Nova Sgr 2010 No. 2)
Discovered By: Koichi Nishiyama, Kurume, Japan, and Fujio Kabashima, Miyaki, Japan
Discovery Date: Apr. 23.782 UT using a 105-mm f/4 …
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I Decided to Buy an LVI Smartguider
Sunday, April 25th, 2010 at
2:02 am
A few nights ago saw 2nd light using the EQ6. For some reason , I couldn’t get a 3-star alignment. The mount is permanently set up in the observatory and polar aligned, so a bad equipment set up isn’t the problem.
I sufficed with a 2-star alignment. But this time …
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Solar Dynamic Observatory Delivers Stunning First Images
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 at
9:44 pm
NASA’s recently launched Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is returning early images that confirm an unprecedented new capability for scientists to better understand our sun’s dynamic processes. These solar activities affect everything on Earth.
Some of the images from the spacecraft show never-before-seen detail of material streaming outward and away …
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Venus Alien Atmosphere
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 at
12:51 am
Venus Express has completed an ‘aerodrag’ campaign that used its solar wings as sails to catch faint wisps of the planet’s atmosphere. The test used the orbiter as an exquisitely accurate sensor to measure atmospheric density barely 180 km above the hot planet.
During five aerodrag measurements last week, Venus …
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Mysterious Markings on Pluto
Saturday, April 17th, 2010 at
9:18 pm
Lonely Pluto floats in the darkness at the edge of our solar system. It’s so far away even the Hubble Space Telescope has trouble making out the details. Nevertheless, Pluto is so interesting, even fuzzy images of the dwarf planet are compelling.
A team of researchers led by Marc …
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Iceland’s Vast Cloud of Volcanic Ash
Thursday, April 15th, 2010 at
3:37 pm
This image, acquired today by ESA’s Envisat satellite, shows the vast cloud of volcanic ash sweeping across the UK from the eruption in Iceland, more than 1000 km away.
Carried by winds high up in the atmosphere, the cloud of ash from the eruption of the Eyjafjallajoekull glacier in southwest …
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Iceland Volcano Disrupts Flights and Possibly Amateur Astronomers
Thursday, April 15th, 2010 at
2:22 pm
The volcano on the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in southern Iceland began erupting just after midnight on April 15.
Icelandic public broadcaster RUV reported that a 500m fissure appeared at the top of the crater today.
Lava melted the glacier, causing major flooding which forced the evacuation of between 700 and 800 …
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First Light for EQ6
Thursday, April 15th, 2010 at
2:10 pm
After months of inactivity, I finally got around to plugging the SynScan hand controller into the EQ6 and powering everything up. No bangs, flashes or fizzles with trails of wispy smoke! Everything worked.
I used to use a car battery to power my old Skysensor 2000/GP DX mount but I …
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