Useful Links

IMPORTANT NOTE — PLEASE READ: This page dates from the 1990s, when search engines were not mature. Nowadays I am only making essential corrections. This is NOT a general list of astrophotography-related links, and I am NOT soliciting suggestions for more things that should be on it. Please use a search engine to find other astrophotography pages — there are many good ones!

Especially for North Georgia

• Atlanta Astronomy Club
• Deerlick Astronomy Village
• The University of Georgia Observatory
• Atlanta Hobby, the local telescope dealer in Atlanta (highly recommended!)

Older technical notes (most no longer being updated)

• My DSLR page (Canon EOS, Digital Rebel, Nikon D70, etc.)
• Improving the classic LX200 power inlet circuit (how to give it true chassis ground, reverse polarity protection, and no need for an external fuse)
• Drift method polar alignment reference card (for people familiar with the method, who want a brief memory aid)
• My notes on polar-aligning an LX200 by iterating on Polaris and one star
  Note: This was an attempt to work out the geometry of something in Meade's manual. I do not actually recommend aligning this way. Instead:
  (1) Make sure the 90 degree mark on your dec. circle is accurate;
  (2) With computer turned off, point telescope to 90 degrees dec. and align wedge or mount with finderscope using this chart;
  (3) Refine by the drift method as described in How to Use a Computerized Telescope.
  
• My wooden wedge for my Meade LX200
• My notes on Building a foam-lined telescope case
• My notes on B&L Stereozoom 4 microscopes (not astronomy, but possibly of interest)
• My notes on Kodak HC-110 Developer
• My notes on Kodak Xtol Developer
• My notes on the Meade Lunar-Planetary Imager
• Ohad Drucker's notes on using outdated Kodak Technical Pan Film
• Calibration chart for variable-contrast black-and-white printing with a Beseler color head (PDF file)