Beginnings

Hi all,

I am one month out (from surgery) as of today. The funny thing is that things have started to happen. First there was this blog, until now it was a way to keep all of you who were interested updated about my journey and plans and now it has grown to actually planning for expeditions. There are also pages for photography and astrophotography which will hopefully be coming soon.

This week I also spent some time on the weekend playing with some old equipment seeing what if anything still worked. It turns out quite a bit. The interesting thing is that I now have the beginnings of some gear, an old set of Pössil eyepieces (the entire Meade 4000 series) which seem to be in mint condition. On top of that my Meade DSI Pro II mono seems to work, in Windows 8! I was also able to find a working GPS receiver with a USB output.

So it looks like I am on my way with my next imaging setup, but I have learned that the main OTA that I want is going to go up in price as of next year, and so I am wondering if with these next couple of Paychecks I should purchase it. That would be the start of my imaging setup however the danger in that is that I would end up with something that I could not easily test until I have a mound to go look at (and take pictures of?) unfocused stars.

Things will be getting interesting over the next few weeks folks. If you know anyone with $85 an hour who needs computer help let me know. I am also tutoring for $35 if you know anyone who needs it.

P.S. Something that will definitely be happening with my next couple of paychecks will be me fabing a cable for EQMOD.