Wednesday, 21 July 2010

List Management

Working on lots of different things at the moment:
  • Having recently cleaned the primary mirror in my 10" newt, I'm trying to improve the time it takes to reach thermal equilibrium, using fans, cold plates and a peltier cooler;
  • improving stability of the mount and associated ironmongery, including the installation of a Hargreaves Strut;
  • keeping up with general maintenance on the observatory - have filed down the protruding end of a woodscrew that was causing the roof to snag now and then...
Just need a clear night to collimate the scope. And more time. DESPERATE to start imaging Jupiter.