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Email:
fschorr at comcast.net

IM:
Yahoo: TaurusObservatory

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 27, 2010: I've been working on MIRA type of variable stars that have "hump" behavior on their light curves. I'm using my own observations and observations from the AAVSO international database and ASAS3 survey database.

You can follow this project on the AAVSO's LPV Sectional website at LPV-humps.

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.

I'm in the process of installing a Celestron C14 telescope on a Software Bisque Paramount ME mount sitting on a Big Bear Pier.

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

I'm installing a new Dell server running Maxim DL to control the CCD camera and ACP to automate and control the camera and telescope mount. This is the first step toward making my observatory fully automated.