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"There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory."

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Amateur Radio, Astronomy, Astrophotography

On this blog you will find things that I am working on.

  1. Set up a home position (Parking Position) for my Advance VX Mount.

  2. Get PTZOptics movie camera working.  Got it going next step streaming.

  3. Get StarSense working

  4. Work on Amateur Radio portable operation. 

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Jul
30

Scouting out new observing location

What do you do when you want to practice your astronomy hobby and your own yard is full of trees.  You seek out another observing location. After finding a possible site and getting permission from the owner to use it I waited for the next clear night to try it out.  I will be looking…

Jul
30

Steps to successful StarSense Setup

Make sure tripod is level Align telescope to north Make sure gps is the time source on StarSense and time and date correct Make sure tracking is on sidereal time not solar So when I did this in my last astronomy session when I had StarSense move the telescope to Jupiter it was several degrees…

Jul
16

JARS Fieldday 2020

Ariel Shot Above by: Doug Williams Photo Credit for all images below: Mark Gibson

Jun
22

How to photograph at night

                        The purpose of this article is to help me document what I am learning about photography and maybe help someone else.  I am also learning my Cannon T5i camera. I am trying to learn how to photograph at night so I can take…

Jun
15

Do you dream?

2020/06/15 Weird dream last night.  The post office found some lost packages and called me to inspect them.  The label looked fine and it was addressed properly no reason they would have been lost all those years.   Sometimes relationships can be that way.  We let little things get in the way.  Look at the…

Jun
13

How to pray

  2020/06/12 So today I decided to start listening to spiritual things on my podcast in addition to astronomy.  My search terms included the word evangelist.  And the first thing that came up was a podcast on   How to prey perhaps for the first time.  No it is not my first time but it sure…

May
21

In memory of Dayton Hamvention 2020

  It’s all set.  I have received permission to hold the net Saturday. In memory of Dayton Hamvention 2020 Astronomy Meets Amateur Radio will conduct a Amateur Radio net Saturday May 23 5:00 PM EDT/2:00 PM PDT The net will be on the AllStar System 42235 TGIF Network and Echolink System 42704. https://www.carolina440.net/440uhf-repeaters/repeaters-on-link.html I would eventually…

Apr
26

I was there for the First Space Shuttle Launch

It took a lot of planning to see the first Shuttle Launch in 1981.  I did everything by the book. I was living in Norfolk, VA and I had to write for a launch pass I believe it was through our congressman but not quite sure. I received my pass and it was on the…

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