Month: January 2019

Some Moon Shots

Some Moon Shots

I had a relatively bad seeing and mostly spent my time on alignment, but here are some trial shots for the Moon. The overview shots were done connecting the camera directly to the OTA; the detail shots were done through an 8mm eyepiece.

Firmware Upgrade on StarSense

Firmware Upgrade on StarSense

In order to resolve issues I have with my StarSense camera – see here – I’ve decided to upgrade the firmware on my Celestron 11” EdgeHD and its CGX-L mount.

There is a number of descriptions out there that mainly evolve around doing the firmware update using an USB cable. From my experience, this is no longer required – the update can be done using Wifi, if you have the SkyPortal Wifi Module.

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Welcome to AstroMidi!

Welcome to AstroMidi!

This Blog is coming to you from the beautiful region of the “Dents du Midi”, in Switzerland. I am collecting here information about our little observatory that hopefully will prove to be useful to you.