Cape Ealing

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So this is the ‘brains’ of the binocular mirror mount. or at least this is the gadget used to programme those brains. it’s an arduino (pronounced: “aard-ween-oh”), as if you hadn’t guessed. The idea is to programme the chip to receive commands from a laptop (via bluetooth) and then move the two stepper motors accordingly. in time, it might get a bit more advanced – for example having direct ‘user control’ via a keypad as well as receiving instructions from a laptop.

Need to get some levelling feet to support the mount when it’s not on the tripod and give a bit of height to prevent it resting on plate which ordinarily attaches it to the tripod. i’ve looked for ages for some 5mm screw-in levelling feet that don’t “wobble” (ie have any ‘articulation angle’ as it […]

sorted the bottom plate bearings problem. the aptly named ‘simply bearings‘ company provided me with a very nice Needle Roller Cage and Roller Assembly 80x105x4mm (part no: AXK80105). Cost: £14.9557 + £2.62 (vat) + £1.50 shipping. Total: £19.34 Works like a dream. Just need to find a way of holding it secure. You can buy […]

shot from cape ealing on 10 feb 08 using the canon 400d and william optics zenithstar 66 (with 0.8 focal field reducer). Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec, ISO Speed 200. in the third shot (at 200% zoom), the circular basin is the Mare Crisium (the sea of crises). it’s about […]

also known as the seven sisters. this was my first attempt at creating a composite image from a series of shots. the images above were all taken from the same composite image constructed as follows: ISO 1600, 31 exposures at 15 seconds. 2 at 20 secs. 8 at 30 secs, […]