Exploring A Beautiful Universe…. No matter your physical limitations…
We will be building the new observatory in 2022. The new building will be a 10 x 12 foot structure with a small sitting area and a desk with a door to allow for remaining warm on cold nights. I will add a conduit to allow for battery powered operation of the telescope and laptop(s) Read More ...
This observatory has been a life-long desire I have had to be able to revisit the skies and enjoy the beauty of the universe we live in. Two distinct missions are envisioned: Return to visual observing as I experienced in my youth. Explore modern-day astrophotography and allow myself to remotely control my systems from the Read More ...
May 2021:We have been doing systems integration work on the following telescopes to get them up and running to begin observing in late May as follows: A High Point 6″ f/5 Newtonian OTA on a Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro for both visual and astrophotography imaging work. A Celestron 130 GT Alt-Az telescope for primarily visual work. Read More ...
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Events in 2022 to enjoy From SeaSky.Org: January 2, 3 – Quadrantids Meteor Shower. The Quadrantids is an above average shower, with up to 40 meteors per hour at its peak. It is thought to be produced by dust grains left behind by an extinct comet known as 2003 EH1, which was discovered in 2003. Read More ...
We will be building the new observatory in 2022. The new building will be a 10 x 12 foot structure with a small sitting area and a desk with a door to allow for remaining warm on cold nights. I will add a conduit to allow for battery powered operation of the telescope and laptop(s) Read More ...
May 2021:We have been doing systems integration work on the following telescopes to get them up and running to begin observing in late May as follows: A High Point 6″ f/5 Newtonian OTA on a Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro for both visual and astrophotography imaging work. A Celestron 130 GT Alt-Az telescope for primarily visual work. 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 …
I have been acquiring books as I re-enter this hobby of amateur astronomy and I found several that I will be reviewing. Oddly, the books that I am attracted to are mostly out of print and I’ve acquired mostly second hand copies. This said, I saw this title from O’Reilly books, “Astronomy Hacks“, by Robert 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!