Michael A. Phillips' Astro Blog
Sunday, June 27, 2021
Jupiter and Saturn in moderate seeing
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My 3rd trip for this season and I have the right sleep patterns and routine for some early am efforts! Saturn is at really wonky hour of t...
Sunday, June 20, 2021
Fooling around with automation for animations!
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I had a bout of good enough seeing the other morning and have been working to refine my animation making abilities with python and WSL scri...
Monday, June 7, 2021
Why do you need to cool your mirror for high resolution imaging?
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This post, part 2 of my mirror cooling series will give evidence that a closed tube is not efficient at keeping the mirror at ambient tempe...
Monday, May 31, 2021
Akule's updated cooling fans
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My telescope mirror is 15lbs of Pyrex glass and retains too much heat, so it has a custom TEC cooling system with fans, no big deal…( https...
Saturday, May 22, 2021
First Saturn and Jupiter of 2021
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So, yes, they've moved further from each other compared to the Great Conjunction of 2020 ! It's also one of the first times I'...
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Blog of pollen
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I live in Central North Carolina on the east coast of the USA at 35°N latitude. In my portion of this world there's lots of trees! LO...
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