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Meade LDX55 10inch Schidt-Newtonian
Meade LDX55 10" telescope The Meade LDX55 10" Schmidt-Newtonian reflecting telescope, setup in my living room (to make sure all the bits are there!)
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View of XC-999 CCD through the tube Image taken in front of the correcting lens of the 10" Newtonian with the CCD in place.
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The Meade 10" in the garden 2002-11-23 I took pictures of Saturn and the Moon on this night.
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XC-999 CCD and the DIY mount The mount uses the 2" fitting for the Meade 10" Newt. and a 2" PVC "plug" normally used for plumbing applications.
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The Flying Scotsman 2002-02-18 The 4-6-2 Class A1 "Flying Scotsman" loco.
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Gubbins under the 'scope, 2002-11-23 The Hauupage MPEG2 encoder (lid off, the fan was to noisy so it's disconnected) and other bits and pieces.
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The Moon on my laptop 2002-11-23 This was a live image of the Moon, at the time.
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The Hogwarts Express 2002-02-18 The 4-6-0 "Hogwarts Express" loco.
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The Meade 10" and my laptop 2002-11-23 Notice the image of the Moon on the laptop screen and the XC-999 in the focuser..
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The meade 10" and gubbins 2002-11-23 The cables and stuff - it was a cold 0°C that night.
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XC-999 CCD and the DIY mount The plumbing fitting is a two-piece plug, one part of which fits snufly into the 2" lens fitting.
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XC-999 CCD in home-made primary focus mount The XC-999 is a high-performance CCD colour video camera shown here attached to the 10" Newt. with a home-made mount.
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A stationary decoder This is an example of the decoder used to control the points/turnouts. I wrote the switch address of each port on the connector for diagnostics sake.
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Who, me?
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Laptop and stuff 2002-11-23 Again, notice the image of the Moon.
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The Table Again #2 2002-02-18
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The Table 2002-02-17 This is the table, a simple wooden frame with regular domestic insulation styrofoam as a surface. Here, it has been primered with Glidden "Aquacrylic Primer Ultra-Hide Gripper".
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Lyn and pre-wedding drinks
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Caught in the act
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The Moon Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
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The Moon Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
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The Moon Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
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The first scenery #2 2002-04-28 More of that foliage.
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The Table #2 2002-02-17
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The power management unit This is a Digitrax PM-4 power controller. On this layout, all the outputs are used for short circuit detection.
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Saturn Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, TeleVue zoom @8mm
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The Table Again 2002-02-18 Wandering through Home Depot looking for "Mud coloured paint" we stumbled across a returned tin of Ralph Lauren paint that has a stone-like texture and was coloured as in the picture. Whilst not perfectly level, the surface is good enough to run the two locos pictured.
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The Flying Scotsman 2002-04-28 The Flying Scotsman up close with some plaster simulating the effects of rocks/debris between the two sets of track. The plaster will, if kept, eventually be coloured.
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Under the Table 2002-02-17 An example of the structure of the wooden frame. Very simple, sturdy enough.
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Saturn Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, TeleVue zoom @8mm
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The Table 2002-02-24 An update - two loops of track, a reversing double "wye" in the centre with the points/turnouts in the process of being wired.
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The first scenery 2002-04-28 The first area of scenery is started. Here we have some grass and bushes.
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Saturn Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
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The Moon Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
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The Digitrax controller This is the controller of this layout, a Digitrax DCS-100 DCC controller.
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The Table 2002-04-28 The current state of the table. The foliage in the previous two pictures is centre right. The white splotches are experiments with two types of plaster, partly to hold the track in place (and level) and partly for scenic effect.
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The Moon Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
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Saturn Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
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Merlin
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Saturn Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
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The Moon Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
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Saturn Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
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The Moon Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
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You're still doing it
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Saturn Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
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Saturn Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
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Saturn Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
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The Moon Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
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Merlin and the Squirrels again #2 2002-04-28
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The Moon Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
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Sigh, it's tough, being a Cat
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You're looking at me
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What do you want?
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Stop looking at me
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Merlin and the Squirrels again 2002-04-28
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Jupiter Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, TeleVue zoom @8mm.
Conditions were not good enough for my ordinary digital camera to see the satellites, though they were plainly visible with the human eye.
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