Observatory update
Hi everyone, finally got the adjustments to the observatory roof finished. It now has a 4 foot opening as opposed to a 2 foot one and is able to lay completely flat on itself when opened. I now have views to the North, East and West as well as uninterrupted views to the south. I have also fitted a drawbridge style front that allows to me to lower the front of the observatory to capture those lower altitude objects to the south.
I fitted the polar wedge to the LX90 and did a few trial runs last night (08/11/2009) although goto was not exactly spot on (some spiral searching) it did not detract too much from the overall pleasure. I will need to try to get North alignment more accurate. My compass shows North as North East at the moment so there must be something in the observatory deflecting the needle off course -sigh-.
Anyway off this weekend to the First Galloway Star Camp ( for details see IYA2009 section) and I'm really looking forward to this. I will report back with news and post some piccies as soon as.
Geoff
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