Technical issue on 6 april
When is was imaging i noticed a problem with the filterwheel of my SBIG STL6303 camera. while turning, the filter wheel suddenly jammed. After I disassembled and checked the filter wheel, at first glance there … Read more
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defect CCD camera SX814 mono
I tried to start observations with the high resolution spectrograph and noticed a hugh kind of amplifier glow in the images of the SX814 mono of the spectrograph LHiReSS III. I tested this camera inside … Read more
spectroscopic observation on 4 sept.
After the veil clouds had partly disappeared, I checked the collimation of the cassegrain telescope (C11 Celestron) , which I did not have to correct. Then performed another star alignment of the 10Micron GM2000 Qci … Read more
technical issues with 0.4-m f/3.8 setup
I noticed that the images are very bad, taken with the 0.4-m f/3.8 setup. Problem was that the all stars appears as comets. Very strange. I could not at first immediately pinpoint the cause, after … Read more
updating AAG cloudwatcher with atmospheric pressure and humidity sensor
I received the atmospheric sensor and humidity sensor for the AAG cloudwatcher and mounted this sensor. Also i could see that the rain sensor was a little damaged and cleaned this sensor + i put … Read more
technical issue with ASA DDM85 on 21 dec. 2020
I noticed an problem with my setup with the ASA DDM85 mount. The USB devices aren’t recognised anymore . After some tests, i could conclude that the internal USB hub of the ASA DDM85 isn’t … Read more
USB problems with mount/CCD cam
I started the observatory for acquiring images of the 2 most visible comets at the moment. Unfortunately when the CCD-camera downloaded the first image, the USB was blocked and the mount gives a reset of … Read more
first light of LHiResIII spectrograph
I replaced the L200 spectrograph with the LHiResIII spectrograph with 2400 l/mm grating for higher resolution. As first spectrum i choose X Cygni (HD 197572).