exploits and adventures in astronomy from rural Bedfordshire
Hand delivered by those good folks at FLO, my new Atik One + OAG + GP arrived on Wednesday 2nd April! The Atik One bundle comes with the camera, off-axis guider and their new GP camera. First impressions are very good! It is a beautifully engineered piece of hardware, the sexy anodized red body with the...
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Tuesday 18th March 2014. Save the date. This is when I become famous….. Haahaahaa!! Well, if you can call a one minute interview becoming famous… The Sky At Night team paid a visit to the Bedford Astronomical Society on the 18th March to film a piece about Mars for the April program. I was...
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The sell-off of the Atik 383L+ and related kit goes well…. Just the OAG and the camera itself now, and I have interested parties in both, so fingers crossed. The new camera is the Atik One which has an integrated 5 position filter wheel, off-axis guider and the intro offer comes with a planetary/guide camera...
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So, I’ve decided to clear out some of the astro-hardware as I want to change the camera… The Atik383L+ is a great piece of kit, but I’m going to downsize slightly I think to give me a bit flexibility with the ED80 again. I really miss imaging with that scope, it’s such a great workhorse!...
"Having a clear out…"Continue reading
Along with other members of Bedford Astro Society, got some nice view of the recent SN in M82. I still need to resolve some guiding issues with the RC8 – would be nice to get some images of this before it fades! An excellent image from Adam Block can be seen on the APOD site…...
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