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Dedicated to amateur astronomy from light polluted locations

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Astronomy Tips

• How to connect a Televue NP-101, Optec TCF-S, SBIG CFW 8A and ST-10.
• Light Pollution & Binning — theory and advice from the experts at the Yahoo CCD New Astro group
• Putting a tandem bar on a CGE — How to adjust the settings on a CGE mount when using a Losmandy side-by-side tandem bar.
• Iceman's great explanation of his technique for processing planetary images taken with a ToUCam Pro web camera.
• Noise reduction discussion from CGE Uncensored Yahoo! group.
• Adam Block on calculating field of view
• My Maxim DL settings for the SBIG AO-7
• Polar Align Software
• Directions for SCT Telescope Collimation
• Astro-Physics AP-900 Information
• Links to items perhaps valuable for Observatories
• Astrophoto Framing

Miscellaneous Items

• There are 43,560 square feet in an acre
• The Chinese character for "crisis" does not consist of "danger" and "opportunity"
• Very intersting writing by Dan Simmons
• A 1984 blog topic
• PST information / astro web site
• MesoNet weather data
• California license plate sequence

Personal Wiki Pages

• Project list for the house in Aguanga
• Information on Osage Court
• Wish List of Astro Stuff
• California License Plate Tracker

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