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| Astro Stuff | How to build a CD Wimshurst Machine | How to build a Cloud Chamber |
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A collection of my MX7C images, and some other astro' info'. |
I made a couple of Wimshurst machines, click on images for more info'. There is also a video guide to building a CD Wimshurst machine. |
I built a couple of peltier cooled cloud chambers (Wilson chamber). |
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| Playing with my camera | Cigarette / Collectors Cards | |
| Some info on RC MicroHelicopters. | Something small...something large... | I have hundreds of 1900 to 1940's cigarette collectors cards for sale. All indexed, some pictures / scans. |
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Framed loose, complete sets and odd's. A full online database lists all the cards I have so far sorted: Cards. Including: J.Player & Son, Carreras, W.D.& H.O.Wills, Cavanders, Godfrey Phillips, Ogdens, Turf, amongst many others. |
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Photogalleries of some of my trips - and my Icelandic adventure. |
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M27 - Dumbell nebula M42 - Orion nebula - Camera lens - 210mm M57 - Ring nebula M101 - Pinwheel galaxy NGC891 - My first real attempt to get an image. NGC 6792 - Galaxy NGC 6675 - Galaxy NGC7023 - Reflection Nebula JUPITER - First pic's of Jupiter at long FL. M31 - Andromeda Galaxy - first pics with Canon EOS600D |
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Scope: Meade LXD55 SN8 UHTC Cameras: MX7C - USB. Canon EOS600D S.T.A.R. 2000 guider interface. Astroart 5.0 image processing S/W. Deepsky2003 (Reference/database etc) 28...55, 55...250, 70...210mm Zoom camera lenses 28mm Wide-angle camera lens Home made electric focuser (Focusser) Fixed mounting pillar for the GEM. (Mount) Home made "dew cap" (Dew cap) Heleos Explorer 150 - used for some early images. Sold on Ebay. |
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I live in the geographic centre of Southend-On-Sea, Essex, England (51.31, 00.46) - a town of 250,000 people. The light pollution is very bad, naked eye limit of visibility is about mag' 4...4.5 on those rare clear nights. (Site) | |
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Weasners LXD55 Site - very useful. RS Components - all electromechanical bits available mail-order. |
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Info' |
An interesting test of what is really black! (Black test) | |
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| 17 Level greyscale - adjust screen brightness/contrast to show all 17 distinct levels from black to white for best image contrast. |
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Video Links:
How to make a CD wimshust machine - A 9.3 minute video providing full instructions on how to make a wimshurst machine from CD blanks and household items.
CD wimshurst machine 1 - wimshurst machine, cobbled together in an afternoon from scraps and a couple of CD's.
CD winshurst machine 2 - Short video of the wimshurst machine made in the 'How to build a CD wimshurst machine' showing max sparks of 15mm and overloads.
32cm wimshurts machine - A short video of a wimshurst machine with 32cm disks, this produced over 130mm sparks and is a very reliable wimshurst machine.
Cloud chamber 1 - 1 short video of an Alpha source (Am241) and background radiation in a homemade peltier cooled cloud chamber without dry ice.
Cloud chamber with Water as the 'fuel' - a short video demonstrating water as active vapour, very quickly frosted up! How to make a cloud chamber without dry ice.
Poorly Lit homemade cloud chamber- contrasting good and bad lighting in my homemade peltier cloud chamber! No dry ice.
Granite in a cloud chamber - no dry ice - some activity from a piece of granite. No dry ice, peltier cooled. Homemade cloud chamber, instructions to build a cloud chamber.
Background radiation in a peltier cloud chamber - no active sources anywhere near, just background radiation. Peltier cooled, homemade cloud chamber not using dry ice.
How to make a cloud chamber - a 5 minute video on how to build a simple cloud chamber in less than an hour. How to build a cloud chamber without dry ice, peltier cooled.
