An allsky camera is a great way to monitor your skies for interesting events. Ours has captured aurorae, notctilucent clouds, fireball meteors, many interesting cloud formations and a tornado (which also tore part of our roof off!). Here’s how we… Read moreBuilding a Raspberry Pi Allsky Camera
In 2014, a year after we moved into our new house, i converted an old garden shed into a roll-off-roof Observatory. Mary wrote a fantastic blog which can be read here, but i wanted to complement that with a more… Read moreBuilding an Observatory Shed
Introduction A parallelogram mount is extremely useful for holding large binoculars. I made one for Mary as she often sketches at the eyepiece, and holding binos while drawing is, well, impossible! Note: I partly followed this design by Mark Radice,… Read moreParallelogram Mount
Our Journey to see the Great American Solar Eclipse of 2017 This is an account of our trip to Wyoming to see the 2017 total solar eclipse. It is also an account of our honeymoon! When Mary and I decided… Read more2017 Eclipse Trip