Last week I was out with the Celestron RASA 8″ (under very poor skies unfortunately) and whilst setting up the whole telescope and camera system, I misplaced the camera nosepiece and its dust cap. At the time, to stop dust getting onto the sensor optical window (causing nasty black spots or dust doughnuts) I simply…
We thought we would just tell you about an exciting new product coming from Baader Planetarium this Summer – their Flip Mirror II (BFM II) as a little more about it, and some new product photos, have been released. We will look at this unit in more detail in another future blog, but for the moment…
Its not long now before its the Summer Solstice (Fri 21st June), and not long after that there is a total Solar eclipse visible over the South Pacific ocean and over Chile. For those travelling to see this eclipse we wish you clear skies! Hopefully we will get a summer here in the UK so we…
We will be attending the new Practical Astronomy Show on Saturday March 21st at the Kettering Conference Centre where we will have good range of telescopes and accessories on display. The show opens to the public at 9am till 5pm. There will also be a good set of talks too. What’s more is that the…