Astronomy

Equipment upgrade in progress!

I've been using my Celestron NexImage Color Burst camera for years-it's been great for getting shots of planets and super-bright stars....

Live Oak Observatory?!?

So this is me just being a nerd, and Live Oak Observatory is just what I call my mom's house (she loves her live oak trees!). She has...

The difference between science and f*cking around is documentation

True story-if you're not documenting your science experiments you're probably just f*cking around. Without documentation, reproducing...

DIY Planet Search Testing

I ran across this website while looking for more resources for exoplanet study. Using Harvard's MicroObservatory Telescope Network you...

Design Flaws and How To Compensate

Since I have two NexStar SLT telescope mounts, I decided to pull one apart and see what I could do about the problem with the...

Telescope Setup Test and Failures

This past weekend I took my new telescope setup out to my mom's place for testing. Previously, I was connecting my Celestron NexStar SLT...

AAVSO's Latest Observation Campaign-HD 189733 b

The American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) runs 'campaigns' regularly to gather data on variable stars, or stars whose...