Category: Technology | BRIXIIS Observatory activities

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).