November testing
Atik came back from its origin - it has been sent to service and now is in perfect condition. Meanwhile I adjusted my refractor collimation, so I…
AstroHub on its way
JoloFocuser (Arduino ASCOM focuser kit ,ASCOM telescope focuser with Arduino ) almost has another revision - codename AstroHub 3.0 :) Prototype has…
New telescope first light
My old 6 inches newtonian served me well for over two years, but finally I managed to complete building of the new 8 inches fast f/4 newtonian. I…
Arduino ASCOM focuser kit
Maybe you remember the ASCOM jolo focuser project - now it has the production implementation! Some of my astro colleagues took a chance and we made…
Atik power hunger
Atik 383L+ is for sure great bang for the buck camera - large KAF8300 sensor with over 8 million pixels, quite sensitive (about 55% peak QE and 45%…
To catch a cosmic ray
Cosmic rays are very high energy particles that penetrate Earth atmosphere and sometimes even reach the surface. High energy means much, much higher…
Floating in the hydrogen sea II
About a month ago I wrote a blog entry with NGC6914 nebula floating in the hydrogen see - Floating in the hydrogen sea . And I just wanted to make…
Atik is here
DSLR has been eventually replaced with dedicated astro camera - Atik 383L+. This one is equipped with monochrome Kodak sensor KAF-8300 with 5.4um…