Since I have a couple of 6″ mirror blanks and need to get back into the mirror grinding groove for…

My 16″ F/4.5 Telescope is pretty close to done – just have to mount the motors and belts, and test…

Sorry no pictures of the actual scope but got a lot done over the Xmas holidays, all the major components…

Before starting to grind my 24″ project down to a more reasonable focal length I decided to test the blank…

Finally got my FeCl and stripped the two mirrors I’ll be working on this winter – the 12″ is perforated…

After years of wondering the best way to create mirror blanks in the 20″ and up class using kilns etc.…

The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros. Imaged on iTelescope T20, a 106mm Takahashi refractor with an SBIG STL-11000 camera by taking…

The camera is on the telescope ready to test! I’ve mounted the RpiHQ camera on a Raspberry Pi case with…

Since my observatory run-off roof hasn’t really changed since it was built in 2002, it needs some remedial work. That’s…

After attending the Sacramento Mountain Spectroscopy Workshop last year and getting excited about doing spectroscopy on my own telescope, I’ve…