Hi Patrick, Congratulations again! As the Northridge 30 cm observatory draws closer to completion, (the roll off roof is in place and covered with tar paper), I am thinking that it would be great to take a handful of students with me to visit your observatory and learn all we can about how you do what you do. I'm thinking of a May or June time frame. I have already purchased the Orion Deep Sky Pro camera, but wonder if I will also need a guide camera. I also wonder how critical dark skies are to the list of requirements you gave. Thanks, Wayne A. Sumner Math/Physics/Astronomy/Engineering Boy's Tennis Coach Northridge High School Davis School District (801) 402-8610
Patrick Wiggins <PAW@wirelessbeehive.com> 12/06/08 5:29 PM >>> Now that I've had another minor planet discovery confirmed (confirmed this morning and bearing the temporary designation K08X02R) I'm thinking I've got the system for finding these things refined enough that maybe I can offer tutoring to others here that might like to get involved in the discovery game.
Requirements are a 30cm or larger clock driven scope, CCD camera and a goodly bit of time and patience. Anyone here interested? patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com