Milton Hill Observatory

Home Page Milton Hill Observatory Est 2003

Astrophotography		Observatory		SMAS
	Photography of astronomical objects and events		Sirius Observatory Home Model 7' 6" dia. Telescope Meade 12" LX200R Mount Astro-Physics 900GTO Telescope eyepices		Southern Maryland Astronomical Society Clear Sky Clock Astronomy Day 2004 Observatory telescope history Images taken with SMAS C14
Custom Hardware				Custom Software
AutoGuider Focuser Microcontroller (AGF) PC control of telescope autoguider port and 2 focus motors Custom focuser motor		Vixen DD-1 AutoGuider Relay Cable (AGRC) Cable with circuit board to connect Vixen DD-1 to an ST-4 AutoGuider		Software Downloads

Observing
	Comets 3D orbit viewer Weekly Information about Bright Comets Observable Comets with link to orbital elements	Planets & Moon Jupiter Galilean Moons events Jupiter & Saturn events Lunar maps	General intellicast Sky Watch map Local Weather maps & images StarDate from McDonald Observatory Astronomy Picture of the Day AMS Fireball Monitoring Program

Telescopes
Meade LX200R UHTC Advanced Coma Free 305mm (12") 3048mm FL - f/10.0 Flocking the telescope tube	Vixen FL102S Apochromatic Fluorite Refractor 102mm (4") 920mm FL - f/9.0 Diagram Vixen Focuser adjustment	Astro-Physics STARFIRE 130 GT Apochromatic Triplet ED Refractor 130mm (5.1") 819mm FL - f/6.3

Stellarvue SV80S Apochromatic Triplet Refractor 80mm (3") 480mm FL - f/6.0	Lunt Solar Systems LS80HA H-Alpha Solar Telescope 80mm (3") 560mm FL - f/7.0	Previous owned telescopes

Mounts
Vixen GP equatorial mount	Astro-Physics 900GTO CP2 equatorial mount	Astro-Physics 400QMD equatorial mount

Polar Alignment Procedure
Declination circle calibration

Links to other sites
Astro-Physics Celestron Meade Stellarvue Vixen Orion Feather Touch Focusers MoonLite Focusers Sirius Observatories MegaStar Software

Last updated 11-Sep-2011