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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:

April 20, 2009: I've made observations on 350+ variable stars and have reported 1350+ observations to the AAVSO! (American Association of Variable Star Observers)

It's been a cloudy and rainy winter and spring so far so observing has been a little slow.

Click on October 26 and November 2nd, 2007 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. I have the roof motor interface installed but do not have the roof opening remotely yet.

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. I'm planning on having a second pier installed sometime this year for the C11.

I'm using a SBIG ST-402ME CCD imaging camera with the BVI+C internal filter set to do photometry imaging. So far the camera has been a work horse and giving me good photometric results.