Starhouse Observatory Web Log

DAO Finale

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:22:49 -0700

Tonight is my last night on this DAO run. The weather, all in all, was, I’d say, typical. I got clouded out 2 nights of 6. Not too bad. I’m running right now, sucking down a meager stream of photons a

Rain!

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:02:02 -0700

Well, my run here has been a bit of a bust. This star is too dim for the 1.2m telescope. We reconfigured the spectrograph further in the red to get more sensitivity but it’s still not enough. Now toni

DAO Video #1

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:20:54 -0700

Here is a short little video with a tour of the DAO 1.2m telescope. PS – I love how iWeb (the software I use for this blog) uses the first frame of the video for the blog entry, insuring that all my

DAO Day #1

Wed, 8 Aug 2007 19:43:19 -0700

I arrived at the observatory today for my week long run. A very nice and knowledgeable fellow got me orientated and trained in on the telescope, dome and camera. This is a sweet, sweet spot. In terms

On The Lake

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:04:28 -0700

I spent the last few days “up north” at my families lake cabin. It’s in the middle of nowhere. The skies are very, very dark. I took one image of The Dumbbell Nebula, which came out OK. Subsequent nig