140218

140218 Telescope Workshop notes 730-9p Tuesday evening
Attendees:  DmitriiZ, TomT, JerryW, TimC, EdK, ChrisU, DavidH (+M)

TomT asking JerryW how to set up Registax6 for stacking his 99 frame video of Jupiter.  Used only a few frames to get a better view of Jupiter with a shadow or two on its face.

JerryW brought in Oculus All Sky Camera, a gift from his wife, which records the night sky at various shutter exposure times to catch meteors.  He usually will set it to record 1 minute exposures, then there is a 5 second delay between shots.

TimC, after showing Madeline how to grind mirror and setting her up with coloring pens, is continuing aluminum oxide 12 micron grit grinding (polishing compound) on the 8” donated mirror.  JerryW checked the surface with the loupe and called for another hour to be sure.  But Jerry says you cannot really see the pits on the surface at this point, just put 3hrs in at each fine grit.









 EdK has finished setting up his Celestron on the Losmandy tripod with the adapter at home.
 

DavidH brought in his older Celestron mount to start putting the motors in place.

ChrisU brought in 10” polished mirror and pitch tool that was made by ChuckMcP, but more figuring is needed per Jerry.  Need to keep mirror and polishing equipment perfectly clean, away from old grit materials.









More photos posted at Flickr eventually: