Here is a link showing the fancy new camera cooling water pump at the Fort Lewis Observatory. Details are there too:
http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory/image_detail.asp?ID=213
It works great, and I hope to be able to post some interesting results of bias frames at different temperatures.
M104 was a target of opportunity. Only got 21 minutes, but it had reasonably good tracking with the new AO-8. There is also a link to a previous version of M104 (in color) from 2007.
http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory/image_detail.asp?ID=211
http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory/image_detail.asp?ID=213
It works great, and I hope to be able to post some interesting results of bias frames at different temperatures.
M104 was a target of opportunity. Only got 21 minutes, but it had reasonably good tracking with the new AO-8. There is also a link to a previous version of M104 (in color) from 2007.
http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory/image_detail.asp?ID=211
Fort Lewis Observatory: (37.238, -108.052) ~2360m (7744 ft.) elevation.
Darkness - typically 6.5+
Scope - Meade 16" LX200; f6.3 focal reducer
Focus - JMI Smart focus
Camera - SBIG ST-10XE; (~.5"/pixel)
Guiding - AO-8 and/or Meade 5"/DSI/PHD
http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory
