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Monday, May 4, 2015

binary stars by magnitude, separation, latitude, season, telescope aperture


I am working on some new tables of stars which are likely accessible for telescopes of a given aperture at a given latitude in a given 2-month period.

The app will allow you to plan ahead for a given location and a given date to have a suitable star to split to test collimation, "seeing", a new lens or for the pleasure.




Sunday, October 19, 2014

Aboriginal remote astronomy projects


For aboriginal remote astronomy projects the key is partnering : when occasional cloud obscures a site near Ramah NM it would be best to have at least two alternates available in Montana and central Saskatchewan south of 50° Lat.