Australian Sky & Telescope - April 2018

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SCOPE MAINTENANCE by Rod Mollise SEAN WALKER / S&T Follow these steps to get your telescope into perfect alignment. THE VERS ...

http://www.skyandtelescope.com.au 63 TOP: ROD MOLLISE; BOTTOM: SEAN WALKER / S&T It’s fortunate that collimating a Schmidt-C ...

64 AUSTRALIAN SKY & TELESCOPE April 2018 SCOPE MAINTENANCE TOP: ROD MOLLISE; BOTTOM: SKY & TELESCOPE Youcanbegincollimat ...

http://www.skyandtelescope.com.au 65 TOP: SKY & TELESCOPE ; BOTTOM: BOB’S KNOBS is in precise focus, it is not a minute pinp ...

66 AUSTRALIAN SKY & TELESCOPE April 2018 ALL PHOTOS BY THE AUTHOR The QHY16200A CCD camera This camera offers a generous 16- ...

http://www.skyandtelescope.com.au 67 telescope objective. Camera drivers, control software and a PDF manual are available as fre ...

68 AUSTRALIAN SKY & TELESCOPE April 2018 Gain and offset Two unusual adjustable settings I hadn’t encountered on previous ca ...

M8 and M20 captured with the QHY16200A and the provided LRGB filters through a 102mm f/6.9 refractor. Modest vignetting of the f ...

70 AUSTRALIAN SKY & TELESCOPE April 2018 imagetook15secondstoreadoutand download to my computer. ForyearsI’vewantedtotryalar ...

The world’s first KAF-50100 sensor with microlenses is the result of a year-long collaborative effort between ON Semiconductor ( ...

72 AUSTRALIAN SKY & TELESCOPE April 2018 ASTRONOMER’S WORKBENCH by Jerry Oltion Binocular mounts that work A steady hand can ...

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74 AUSTRALIAN SKY & TELESCOPE April 2018 NIGHT LIFE A mateur astronomers who value darkskiesandthecompanyof like-minded indi ...

http://www.skyandtelescope.com.au 75 Christiansen for using the rotation of the Earth to synthesise images of the Sun; Wild for ...

76 AUSTRALIAN SKY & TELESCOPE April 2018 Astrophotos from our readers GALLERY HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR IMAGES Images should be sen ...

http://www.skyandtelescope.com.au 77 S MESSIER’S POND Paul Albers This image of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) was, Paul says, th ...

78 AUSTRALIAN SKY & TELESCOPE April 2018 GALLERY S MUSCA NOVA Ernesto Guido & Alfonso Noschese A nova was discovered in ...

http://www.skyandtelescope.com.au 79 S JOGGING CHOOK Terry Robison This is a portion of the Running Chicken Nebula (or IC 2944) ...

80 AUSTRALIAN SKY & TELESCOPE Arpil 2018 Make sure your purchase is covered by Australian warranty. Only purchase from Celes ...