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Astronomy observatory in Staffordshire, England.

astronomy.me.uk The Website of Lichfield Radio Astronomy Observatory (LRO)

Astronomy observatory in Staffordshire, England.

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Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO) & its Equipment

How to change tyre on Astro Tuff Truk

Admin June 4, 2024 No Comments

Information from Lee at Astro Tuff Truk, together with spare tyre he kindly sent me. Andy Click on links to download instruction files in PDF and Microsoft Word format. PDF…

Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO) & its Equipment

Photos of my “new” 2nd hand (used) Astro Tuff Truck (British made) 4/6/2024

Admin June 4, 2024 No Comments

Photos of the new truck are below, next to the old homemade trolley I have been using last few years – that has done sterling work but I now need…

Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO) & its Equipment

Purchase of 2nd hand Astro Tuff Truck for Astrophotography gear

Admin June 2, 2024 No Comments

Osteoarthritis in my knee has made me reconsider how I pull my astrophotography gear in and out at night. I have today purchased one of these well-made British trucks, which…

Microscopy

Angella’s homemade microscope cover for Zeiss IM35 microscope

Admin May 30, 2024 No Comments

Angella has made me this wonderful cover for my microscope! Andy

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Replacing power from computer to separate power supply for Nooelec SAWBird H1+ LNA on Ptarmigan Array Milky-Way-Hydrogen-mapping computer

Admin May 28, 2024 No Comments

In order to stop me making the mistake of forgetting to run “Bias-tee-on” each time I restart this computer, I have added a separate 5V power supply to the LNA…

Solar Spectroscopy

My 3D-printed Sol’Ex Spectroheliograph mounted on Sky Watcher Evostar ED 72 DS Pro 28/5/2024

Admin May 28, 2024 No Comments

Getting it ready for next sunny day Andy

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Never forget to run Bias-Tee-On batch file!

Admin May 27, 2024 No Comments

I’m an idiot!! Just had to discard several weeks of data on my Milky Way Hydrogen-mapping experiment (Ptarmigan array) because I stupidly forgot to run the Bias-Tee-On batch file to…

Astronomy Art

My pictures created using AI picture generator

Admin May 25, 2024 No Comments

I used following to create these pictures: https://deepai.org/machine-learning-model/3d-character-generator Andy Sending a radio telescope to Mars and the Moon: Alien artifact found in cave on Mars: Abstract alien painting:

Solar

Sharpened version of solar timelapse 1 from 19/5/2024

Admin May 22, 2024 No Comments

https://youtu.be/9VL648S9T_s

Solar

Sunspot from 19/5/2024 taken at Lichfield, UK

Admin May 20, 2024 1 Comment

Very pleased with this shot! Lots of detail. Andy

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