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This website is hosted on a tiny Parallax Pink webserver which resides at the observatory. It's connected to a BOE board with a BasicStamp 24P microcontroller with a Sensirion Temp/Humidity sensor which is providing the temperature and humidity information.

News:

June 28, 2008: I've made observations on 100+ variable stars and have reported 530+ observations to the AAVSO! My SBIG ST402me camera spent a month at SBIG being repaired. After coming back, it worked for 30 minutes last night before it totally failed. Back to SBIG for another month I guess. It looks like I'm not going to get much observing in this summer. I may have to come up with a different camera solution if the SBIG product continues to be unreliable.

Click on October 26 and November 2nd for pictures of Comet 17/P Holmes.

Information:

My observatory is built on leased lot C at Deerlick Astronomy Village (DAV). It's a CJE MAX 15'6"x15'6" roll-off roof type observatory with warm room built by Scott from Backyard Observatories.

My main telescope is Meade LX200GPS 8" on a standard wedge sitting on a Big Bear Pier with a Orion ShortTube 80mm guide scope.

My second scope is a Celestron C11 (11") tube mounted on a Celestron CGE mount. It appears to have a serious problem. I'm not having a lot of luck with equipment this year.

I'm using a SBIG ST-402ME CCD imaging camera with the BVI+C internal filter set to do photometry imaging.