I spent some time organizing my video gear and astronomy room. I put together a little video clip of the new mount. Enjoy!
Monthly Archive: January 2010
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Jan 26 2010
New Gear Pictures and Organizing of the Astronomy Room
Kendrick Dew Removal System on New CGEM and EDGE 800HD setup
My schedule at work has been pretty hectic the past 6 weeks or so. I had some time tonight free and thought it was good time to start organizing my gear. I have lots of gear and noticed last time I went to setup the new CGEM that I was rummaging through much of the gear for my LX-200 GPS setup. This is precious time lost in the field and amounts to lots of cases to carry to the field.
My night started with a trip to Home Depot to see what they had for inexpensive sturdy shelving. I found a nice black(favorite color) 4 tier shelf for $18. I snatched this up quickly along with a larger shelf for my downstairs remodeling project. I came home grabbed some coffee and decided it was time to begin organizing my recently setup computer and astronomy area. This is no small task, considering I have been working on remodeling projects in the house.
Once I had one wall clear I decided I needed to take some pictures and place some more gear pictures up. I decided some accessory pictures would be cool and a good way to document my inventory for the insurance company. I have also included some new pictures of the CGEM Edge 800HD with the Kendrick Dew heating system attached along with a new hand extension cable for the hand controller from Astrophotography Tonight. The new cable works great and takes the stress off of the short cable provided by Celestron, in addition it offers plenty of room to walk around the scope without grabbing camera cables like the coiled cable designs do. New pictures below. Enjoy!
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- Kendrick Dew Removal System on New CGEM and EDGE 800HD setup
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- One of 4 Shelves of Accessories
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- Various filters and adapters
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- Various Accessories
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Jan 16 2010
Quick update on Penguin Rock Observatory Relocation
The new observatory dome and building structure was relocated from Long Lake, Ny to my house in Dalton, Ma today. I rented a 24 ft truck to relocate the observatory which had been dismantled in sections and marked for easy reassembly by previous owner. The trip for most part was uneventful, besides some very rough roads on 28North between Minerva and Long Lake. I have never in my life seen frost heaves like they grow in the Adirondack mountains.
Upon arrival in Long Lake the truck slipped a bit at top of the drive, some sand and a bit of shoveling and snowblowing, and the loading of the observatory and dome quickly resumed. It took about 1 full hour to load the truck and secure the load for the long journey to its new home in Dalton, Ma. The observatory components are now back in Dalton to be covered by tarp in the morning.
I will have several months now to plan for the observatory reconstruction. The previous owner did a remarkable job of documenting each and every component and even provided a cd full of dismantling pictures. The owner even had the loading of truck perfectly staged with some great ideas to using the deep snow to our advantage. The heavy flooring was moved in two sections with a clever sled type attachment fabricated from some material on hand. More info to come.
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Jan 09 2010
A few quick pictures of new Celestron Edge 800HD OTA mounted on CGEM
Just back from work but I have to head back in. I had time to unpack the new Edge 800 ota and mounted it in side by side setup with my Meade 80mm ED5000 APO on the CGEM. I had time to snap a few very quick unplanned pictures off. I will have to wait until I have few hours spare time to post larger pics with greater detail and much better backdrop.
Meade 80mm ED 5000 APO Triplet and Celestron 800 HD OTA on CGEM Mount with Kendricks Digifire 10 dewheater system and ADM Accessories. Meade 12" LX-200 GPS. Not Pictured Orion Short Tube 80 Guide Scope Package.
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- Celestron Dual Side by Side on CGEM
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- Celestron Edge 800 HD
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- New Edge 800HD OTA on CGEM
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- CGEM Side By Side Front Shot
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- Cgem Side by Side Setup
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- View from the Working End
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- ADM Side by Side Setup
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- Comparison Edge 800HD OTA on CGEM to 12″ LX-200GPS OTA
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Curiosity at 'Cumberland'
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used its front left Hazard-Avoidance Camera for this image of the rover's arm over the drilling target "Cumberland" during the 275th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars (May 15, 2013). The rover team plans to use Curiosity's drill to collect a powdered sample from the interior of the rock for analysis by laboratory instruments inside the rover. This is the mission's second rock-drilling target. The rover drove from its position beside the first drilling target, "John Klein," to its position beside Cumberland with drives of 121 inches (308 centimeters) on Sol 273 (May 13) and 26.6 inches (67.5 centimeters) on Sol 275. Curiosity's total odometry on Mars is now 2,385 feet (727 meters). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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