Damn Clouds

March 26th, 2009

Last night was a bit of a let down, the MET office had predicted clear skies until midnight so I went out with the intention of having a go at the Leo triplet. Unfortunately the clouds rolled in not 10 minutes after I started taking frames and by 10pm I gave up with it. 

I played with the alignment a bit more on the mount last night, however the saying ‘you can’t polish a turd’ springs to mind. It’s just not suitable for my needs, very over loaded and despite a complete strip down, re-grease and rebuild it still can’t track accurately enough for even reliable 1 minute exposures. It’s got to go, and the current thought is to replace it with an HEQ5, more on that another time.

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2 Responses to “Damn Clouds”

  1. Sarah says:
    March 27, 2009 at 3:41 am

    Tim I love the fact you have produced this site – it is really wonderful, and the more you do to it the better it will be!
    Love the phrase ‘you can’t polish a turd’. Made me laugh out loud and I will begin to use this phrase wherever I can!
    Sarah xx

  2. Tim Powell says:
    March 27, 2009 at 9:06 am

    Thanks Sarah, it’s not really ready yet, I need to get some more content up, get some more pictures up of the shed and what have you. But it’s definitely a start!