

The Iris nebula
The Iris nebula is a bright reflection nebula in the constellation Cepheus. Dark skies are required to capture this object in its full...


AT12 install (continued)
Collimation (redux) I did some more reading on properly collimating an RC, because I felt something was off last time around. I was...


AT12 RC install (I apologize in advance for the incoming clouds)
Interesting day yesterday. I had taken delivery of the AT 12 RC telescope a few weeks ago. It had been sitting in my living room floor,...