The next today's daily build for Windows (build 9241 and later) has a new X2 plug-in listed under O'Telescopes . With it, you can select Backyard EOS or Backyard Nikon (edit: the Premium Edition is required for the TCP/IP interface) as the camera source for TheSkyX's imaging camera. O'Telescopes...
I've been telling people for a while now that the Paramount WiSky board is really intended for visual observers who want to have their mounts serve dual purposes. You know, to occasionally set it up in the drive way or something so you can look through an eyepiece. The rough polar alignment routine...
As those who know me know, I'm late to the game really when it comes to this image automation stuff. I have never used Orchestrate, and my brief encounters with CCDSoft are best described as "two ships passing in the night". As a programmer, I never found Visual Basic to be my cup of tea...
I’ve just returned from the Winter Star Party in the Florida Keys. What a week! We teamed up with the guys from Officina Stellare and showed their scopes on our mounts. At first we set up very visibly on the berm, but after two nights of being beat to death by the wind, we relocated to a more sheltered...
Last weekend was the fourth annual Pacific Astronomy and Telescope Show (PATS). It was great fun and I got to meet a lot of our customers. Of course the new Paramount MX was the star of our booth (see below). Working from Florida, these kinds of events also give me a good chance to catch up with Steve...
I just got back from my latest trip to Golden. I live and work in Florida, and work for Bisque remotely. Occasionally though, it is useful to pay a visit to the "home base" and do some planning, and just have a few meals together with everyone. Lots of exciting stuff going down! For one, in...