Exploring A Beautiful Universe…. No matter your physical limitations…
Due to family circumstances and the economy, I’m having to push out the observatory construction. I am, however, going to begin testing my new equatorial mount, cameras and scopes to get them exercised and fully understood. I have dedicated an older laptop to the work and have worked out a plan to use a temporary Read More …
We bought the Skywatcher EQ6 Pro in 2019 and were not able to progress further due to the issues with a sick parent. We’re now at a point we can proceed to begin testing the mount. We were able to get the mount to run using Stellarium with direct USB to serial conversion cables. The Read More …
We’re just starting our observatory project. I’m clearing the space to get the observatory up and running and we will begin construction starting this week! More to come as this project moves ahead! Note – May 2021: Just after I wrote this, my mother had a massive stroke and all progress on the observatory came Read More …
Our progress continues. The Stellarium package worked seamlessly with the Celestron 130 GT and we can now point and control the telescope with the laptop. We’ll be testing this next in the field on the next clear night to see how well it works in a real scenario. It was very surprising to see how Read More …
We got the Celestron GT 130 to talk with my laptop which was a huge win for our plans to advance forward… Our plan for the GT-130 is to use it as the “Beach head scope” to get back to observing and also to test camera gear with it and keep a observing log with Read More …
And so begins the site pages for the Sierra Debora Observatory. I know not where exactly all of this will go, but I do want to insure that the universe is accessible to everyone and to get people to look up at the sky and not down at their cell phones so much!