Seems like it's been forever - heck, it HAS been forever since we started on our dome project for the astronomy classes at the Delta Rehab facility for survivors of traumatic brain injury - but we are now within a night or two of first light and I wanted to post some photos showing the most recent steps, including the dome motorizing scheme we worked out using discarded hospital bed motors and the stairway up into the dome.
I installed and leveled the scope today and affixed the auto focuser. It's a 10" LX200 Tomorrow night I'll polar align her and shoot for a trial shot using our STV.
Next step after that is to install a PC in the dome and network to my laptop in the nearby classroom where the students can all wheel in and view the proceedings on a large projected screen.
-Paul S. Walsh
http://www.deltafoundation.com
http://www.nwlink.com/~filmdos/m111
I installed and leveled the scope today and affixed the auto focuser. It's a 10" LX200 Tomorrow night I'll polar align her and shoot for a trial shot using our STV.
Next step after that is to install a PC in the dome and network to my laptop in the nearby classroom where the students can all wheel in and view the proceedings on a large projected screen.
-Paul S. Walsh
http://www.deltafoundation.com
http://www.nwlink.com/~filmdos/m111
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