OBSERVATORY & EQUIPMENT

 

 


 

Observatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well… that is the result after negotiations with my wife Silvina. Actually more than an observatory is just a site with a Pier at the border of the swimming pool in my backyard. Although the location is a bit risky, it is a convenient place for the rig.

 

The pier is placed directly in the basement. There are a bunch of people who used to build a block of cement below undergraound, that was tIMAGE

 

NOTES

 


 

IMAGE ADQUISITION

Elastic strings for generating spikes

Pier

Vixen GP DX - Review

Sky Sensor 2000 Autoguiding Interface vs SBIG ST4

Flat Field Box

Guiding with Astro Art and SXV Guide Camera

Drift Alignment

 


IMAGE PROCESSING

  Black and White Points Adjustments (Photoshop)

  Using Masks (Photoshop)

 Stacking Images (Photoshop)