This week, we examine an anomaly off the European coast, threats from "mirror life," and a rare neurological condition.| The Debrief
Major upgrades to my telescope's upper assembly - adding a Strock-style spider, filter slide system, crayford focuser, and 3D-printed 1:10 reducer| Lucas Sifoni
Field testing my hyperbolized 200mm f/3.52 mirror with an MPCC corrector - achieving well-corrected large field of view with a fast mirror without a Paracorr| Lucas Sifoni
SmartLogic podcast interview about building a remote-controlled telescope with Elixir, Nerves, and LiveView - expanding on my Code BEAM EU 2023 presentation| Lucas Sifoni
Building a terrestrial telescope with Nerves, Rust NIFs, and Phoenix LiveView - full talk transcript with slides from Code BEAM EU 2023| Lucas Sifoni
Keith’s note: according to this NSF press release “From distant stars and galaxies to asteroids whizzing through the solar system, this next-generation facility unveils its first imagery and brings the night sky to life like never before.” This amazing instrument will be used by NASA astronomers as well as people around the world. Yet another example of American leadership in space science and technology. But does NASA.gov mention it? No. […] The post NASA Ignores The Amazing Rubin Ob...| Astronomy Archives - NASA Watch
I was just on Deutsche Welle TV talking about the new imagery from Vera Rubin Observatory| NASA Watch
To the stargazers out there, let’s take a journey nearly 7,000 light-years away from earth through our cosmic wonderland otherwise known as space, where towering pillars of gas and dust form the birth of stars. | Astronotes
This is the next part in my telescope series, look at the other posts for more details. In this post I describe how I set up a basic controller to test the mechanical setup.| Jake’s Blog
This post shows the build of the azimuth (horizontal) axis for my GOTO telescope mount.| Jake’s Blog
This post is the first real part of my self made GoTo mount series.| Jake’s Blog
This is the introduction to a multi part series about building a GoTo system for a Dobson style telescope mount. It should be computer controlled and be able to move to a selected target and also automatically track it. I want to use popular and inexpensive parts known from 3D printing for the mechanical setup, mostly leftovers from upgrade of my Prusa i3 printer.| Jake’s Blog
If you've ever pointed your smartphone's camera skyward on a full moon, chances are you were pretty disappointed with the result. French smart telescope maker Vaonis is aiming to get you closer to the celestial action with Hestia, a book-sized telescope "that uses the power of your smartphone…| New Atlas
I wanted to deep dive into choosing the correct 3D print filament for my telescope project. In todays post I show how print color affects the strength of 3D prints in sunlight, and how PETG isn’t always a safe bet.| GDCorner
We had fantastic weather here in Ottawa on August 21, 2017, and I was able to photograph my first solar eclipse! We saw 71% of the sun covered here in Ottawa and I took a boatload of photos and video. The View Through the Telescope Here are some of my best shots. All images and […]| Canadian Astronomy
Explained! what is the difference between a reflector and refractor telescope and which one should your buy as your first telescope?| TelescopeFinder