Astroblogging
A telescope, a laptop, a webcam, some cheesecake, and a cup of coffee. Plus WiFi. How cool is that?
Wait, I forgot to mention clear skies and no other commitments for the evening. Put it all together, and it makes for a night of imaging (or attempting to image) Jupiter and Saturn. In the spirit of blogging, I’ll try to post preliminary images as I have them. Right now I’m waiting on a 600-frame video of Saturn to align and stack in Registax (I described the system last summer), so I dare not start up Paint Shop. The laptop will rebel. Stay tuned for further details…
UPDATE: The criteria for success are the Great Red Spot and the Cassini Division. If I post images with those features, I win. I could post some fuzzy, preliminary images right now, but I choose to wait. Instead here’s a picture my wife took of me hard at work last night, just before the clouds rolled in.
ANOTHER UPDATE: I lied. A few pictures will follow. Some recognizable features, and some lessons learned.
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- Posted by Tim on Sunday, March 7, 2004 at 10:28:14 pm PST
- Category: Astronomy
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2 Responses to “Astroblogging”
I can understand the Capurican Cap, and the pad & pen. But I don’t understand the symbolic significance of the bucket & ball. I could deconstruct it, of course, but I would like to know the intent first.
Wow. That is a kickin’ porch you are perched upon.
Comment Permalink | Posted on March 8th, 2004 at 1:42 pm |You’re tellin’ me it’s a cool porch? Yeah, it rulez0rz, my friend. Thanks for your contribution to its greatness.
The bucket and ball do look intentionally placed, don’t they? In fact, they just happen to have alighted there by the children’s play. No intent on the part of this author.
Comment Permalink | Posted on March 8th, 2004 at 2:09 pm |