Lyra Targets M57 Ring Nebula and Stephenson 1 Open Cluster — by Marko T. on Monday, May 2, 2011

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The nights are getting quite light at my latitude so this getting to be pretty much the last chance to get any DS photography done before th...

RA Tracking motor modification — by Marko T. on Sunday, May 1, 2011

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To run or not to run. That's the question. That's what my original AstroMaster motor drive decided to ponder during one freezing e...

First Light EOS 1000D part II — by Marko T. on

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Yesterday the sky cleared again and I had chance to continue with the testing of the EOS 1000D. With the moon as a waxing crescent I had a ...

First Light for EOS 1000D — by Marko T. on

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"Santa" was so kind as to bring me a new camera. So, bye, bye to the Canon A530 and welcome EOS 1000D. The time has gone while ...

AstroMaster 130 Spidervane Modification — by Marko T. on

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The spidervane modification has its roots in the results of the startests I performed on the scope. In the diffraction patterns the orig...

Endeavours with comet 103/P Hartley 2 — by Marko T. on

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In the fall of last year northern hemisphere observers had a nice opportunity to observe a bright comet, which was discernible even with ...

Star Testing an AstroMaster 130 — by Marko T. on Wednesday, January 19, 2011

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It all started on a beautiful September evening in 2010. While trying afocal photography with the AstroMaster telescope and a Canon A530 cam...

Greetings — by Marko T. on Sunday, January 16, 2011

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This is my futile attempt to document my endeavours in amateur astronomy. In this blog I can hopefully provide helpful information to others...