Bonus project

Bonus project

After writing the Sensors post. I got to thinking about that project and thought, if I got another set of...

Sensors

Sensors

So far, I’ve been following the instructions from https://diyodemag.com/projects/all_sky_camera_with_raspberry_pi I will be installing a BME280 – temperature, humidity and pressure,...

Solar Powered All Sky Camera

Solar Powered All Sky Camera

The concept of this quite simple. Take a Camera, point it up to the sky with a wide angle lens,...

Ascom Gps

Ascom Gps

Ascom GPS is a new program that I’ve created.  It’s taken me a while to get this into production, mainly...

ASCOM Driver for Meade LX-90

ASCOM Driver for Meade LX-90

ASCOM is a software platform that allows software applications to interact with hardware devices like telescopes, filter wheels, cameras and...

Horsehead nebula

Figuring out the offset

Figuring out the offset

In my last post, I said that I needed to figure out what the correct offset for my camera is. ...

Types of images that need capturing

Types of images that need capturing

When capturing images it’s not as simple as pointing the camera to the night sky and releasing the shutter.  The...

What about the software?

What about the software?

I have new cameras that are more sensitive.   The scope can track, I’ve got the ability to autoguide.     However,...

Imaging camera ZWO ASI-1600MM-Pro

Imaging camera ZWO ASI-1600MM-Pro

For my main imaging camera I decided to stop trying to use a DSLR and switch to a specialist imaging...