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Category Archives: Astronomy Top Tips
DIY Spectroscope
As it was the last day of the holiday season I decided to clear away a few things, at the bottom of the pile on my desk was a plan for a spectroscope which I had downloaded from http://www.iucaa.ernet.in/~scipop/Obsetion/spectro/iucaa_mvs_spectroscope.pdf, printed out … Continue reading
DIY Baader solar film binocular filters
While the solar observing specs are on back-order I decided to have a go at making some binocular solar film filters, so ordered an A4 sheet of the Baader solar film and downloaded the Baader instructions. While the translation may … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Astronomy Top Tips, Equipment
Tagged baader, binoculars, solar film, solar filter, solar observing
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Celestron 8SE Power Socket Replacement
Note: This is a post I made at stargazerslounge.com in 2012, pasted here for my own blog. Finally, I think I’ve cracked it. I’d always had some dicky power connection problems with my 8SE mount, and even after replacing the … Continue reading
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Tagged 8se, bnc, celestron, goto mount
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