Monthly Archives: September 2014

Astro EQ conversion of EQ3-2 (part 4)

My new drills have arrived and I’ve now drilled all the holes for the RA motor mount. It looks a bit like a Swiss cheese. This is the “outside” face, with holes for the motor flange, the four mounting screws, … Continue reading

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Astro EQ conversion of EQ3-2 (part 3)

My pulleys and drive belts arrived today. I removed the grub screws and drilled out the 48-tooth pulleys to 6mm (from 5mm) in the lathe to fit the worm spindles and the 16-tooth pulleys to 5mm (from 3mm) to fit … Continue reading

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A new scope arrives

No pictures yet, but last week a new telescope arrived. I’ve been promising myself an MN190 for some time if one came up second hand at a fair price and took the opportunity when it did having passed on several … Continue reading

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Debugging FireWire on recent Linux kernels

As part of the development of my planetary capture software I’ve been trying to sort out some problems with IIDC FireWire cameras. They’re not easy to get hold of these days. At least, not at “spare change” kinds of prices. … Continue reading

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Resolved: Mythbuntu manual shutdown

The last remaining issue I’ve had since my Mythbuntu upgrade a few days ago was that when the “exit and shutdown” option was selected from the frontends, nothing happened. This had worked without a problem on previous installs. I have … Continue reading

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Coronado PST filter mod for Atik 314L+

In my previous posting about the mod I’ve done for my PST to move the BF5 closer to the sensor of my ASI120 I had an idea about doing the same for my Atik 314L+. I know this camera is … Continue reading

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