Ramblings of a geek with a few hobbies…
As of Friday, Construx and St. Agnes Homes went out of business. They had filed for bankruptcy about a month ago but couldn’t come to an agreement with their debtors and had to close shop. I feel sorry for the few remaining employees that ended up getting screwed by the owner, but of the companies themselves I say good riddance! They were the first companies I’ve personally encountered that continually lied to my face and broke everything they touched.
Bye, bye Construx and St. Agnes!
It’s been one hell of a week at work and I’m utterly exhausted. So much so that it’s clear outside and I’ve decided to stay in and head to bed early; now that’s tired. I have more work to do this weekend but will just do that Sunday so I can get a day of rest in.
It was clear outside last night, so I spent some time trying to get a better picture of Jupiter. The results are decent:
I also got an image of M37, a cluster in Auriga. It looks way too dark on my CRT but ok on my laptop’s LCD. So be forewarned that it may be appear black 🙂
My suspicions are correct. 42.85% of NBC’s Prime Time lineup consists of Law and Order shows of some form (9 hours out of 7 days * 3 hours per day). And they are adding a new series to the lineup.. when does it end!
Jupiter came out pretty crappy because of air turbulance, hopefully I’ll get some better shots in the future.
This is my first attempt at any “deep space objects”. It didn’t turn out great but it’s something.
I took quite a few pictures of the moon, they can be seen here. All pictures taken with my old scope have been moved into a sub-album.
Here’s one of them.
This is made up of some 150 images, then the brightness adjusted in photoshop. Let me know what you think! Be sure to check out the full size image.
I spent 4 hours tonight using my new camera and telescope. I have roughly 1000 images to go through and begin processing; at first glance I have some amazing pictures. I’ll try and get a few online in the next day or so… stay tuned!
I bought a new camera today, the Cannon Powershot A510. Its sole purpose will be to use in conjunction with my telescope – the reason I bought it is that it allows me to manually set the exposure length (up to 15 seconds) which my Sony doesn’t.
Provided it gets clear in the next few nights, I plan on trying it out.
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