Wayback Machine is Way Cool!
I knew it existed and always thought it was a cool idea, but today I got to use it. For those of you who think I’m talking about Peabody and Sherman ("Help me Mr. Wizard!"), no, I’m talking about the the Web Archive. For those of you too young to have a clue about Peabody …
Philips ToUCam
Although I wasn’t able to find this at the sort of discount I received on the QuickCam VC, this camera is still worth the money. All comments by users on the QCUAIG mailing list indicate this is a great webcam for astronomical use. I purchased the camera in early April, and have only tried to …
QuickCam VC
I purchased a QuickCam VC from Computer Geeks when they had a batch on sale for about USD $15. I keep going back hoping to find another batch, but so far no luck. Up until this, I had been using a Sony DCR-TRV310, a digital videocamera. The QuickCam VC is similar to the other QuickCams …
Sony DCR-TRV310
We originally purchased the Sony DCR-TRV310 for home video of family events. On a lark, I decided to point it into the eyepiece on night and was pleasantly surprised that I got reasonable images. It just so happened that I picked the moon as a target and it was only slight after the new moon. …
60mm Refractor
About a year ago, someone on sci.astro.amateur mentioned that they had a couple of old 60 mm refractors in the closet. At the time, I was looking to buy one used and had been scanning garage sales and for sale ads without any luck. So I half-in-jest asked if you wanted to donate one. He …
Equipment
I’m trying to reconstruct my “old” page of equipment information and hopefully, I’ll be able to add some links with pictures to what I currently have since this is ahem, a bit outdated. Of course, I may be too lazy to ever get it systematically organized.
127 mm Orion Maksutov-Cassegrain
The 60 mm Tasco was great for getting me started on the road to photography with a good polar alignment. It’s chief failing is its small aperture which leaves me with a small selection of alignment and guide stars. So I went in search of something better (i.e., bigger) I had already found I really …
Astronomy Day 2008
This is an international event which will be "celebrated" by tens of thousands of amateur astronomers by taking their telescopes outside and inviting friends, neighbors and passers-by to have a look. This year, Saturn, always a crowd-pleaser, will be well placed for viewing.
News feeds okay again
The news feed problem is largely resolved. Except for Pluto (which isn’t a planet anymore anyway, right ), they were either fixed or the source or else were due to a configuration problem on my side. Pluto has some problems and I’ve forced in current feed information, but the problem will have to get fixed …