Astronomy – Hobby Blog

2019 Update

tyocham01 September 5, 2019

So it’s been well over a year since I posted something new. The primary reason was I had a plugin that prevented me from logging into word-press at all. I could have probably fixed that long ago, but the simple…
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Astronomy, Camping and Outdoor life, General

#17 Gear night

tyocham01 May 27, 2018

Equipment: nearly all of it. Had issues with the goto mount, it didn’t want to work right. I know the mount was level so something had to be wrong with the calibration part. I know it’s worked in the past…
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Astro-Log, Astronomy

#16 Back in action…

tyocham01 May 22, 2018

Gear: So I’ve settled on using the tripod from my cg4, with the Chinese EQ5 clone. While this mash up isn’t pretty, it gives remarkable stabilization to my 8″ newt with a myriad of accessories. Because the mount uses clutches…
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Astro-Log, Astronomy

CG4 Fabrication

tyocham01 April 22, 2017 0 Comments

So, this is mainly a post to present some photo’s & measurements to Don, a fellow amateur astronomer, and a parts dealer. he’s very helpful for those looking for spare / replacement parts. Also, please forgive the background mess in…
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Astronomy, Shop Stuff

#015 (Dark Site Camp)

tyocham01 April 10, 2017 0 Comments

So last Saturday night I loaded up a ton a gear and headed to Dad’s acreage just outside Marshall Oklahoma. I knew there would be a couple spots that would be ideal of observing and camping, but wasn’t really sure…
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Astro-Log, Astronomy, Camping and Outdoor life

#014

tyocham01 April 5, 2017 0 Comments

I began working on an area of the garage for my astronomy gear. I’ll post up some pictures soon, but the gist: Metal shelves for storing the gear (OTA’s, Tripods, Mounts, etc…) Drop cloths draped over the shelves to limit…
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Astro-Log, Astronomy

#013

tyocham01 April 3, 2017 0 Comments

Gear: Spent almost all night geeking with gear, and not in the fun way. I couldn’t seem to get stars centered even with a 32mm EP (granted I was using the f/11.2 Refractor) but still… An hour spent trying to…
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Astro-Log, Astronomy

#012

tyocham01 April 1, 2017 0 Comments

Gear Lots… Today I received ALL my new gear from Orion (AstroLog #10). I took my time and used all the advice I gleaned from the forums, reviews, and other sources and was able to setup the new Goto Mount…
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Astro-Log, Astronomy

#011

tyocham01 March 27, 2017 0 Comments

20170325 Equipment: Setup the 130ST (f5), and finally polar aligned the CG4 and was able to track Jupiter with barlowed 8mm EP (163x). The 80a filter really does increase band contrast, but you loose a bit of fine detail I…
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Astro-Log, Astronomy

#010 (New Gear)

tyocham01 March 24, 2017 0 Comments

today I finally pulled the trigger on some new gear. I wish I had more EP time to justify spending the money, but the new gear will definitely help us see more, even if we don’t get more EP time….
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Astro-Log, Astronomy