Summary: I photographed Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Mercury at 0700 on Oct 16, 2015.
Back on October 16, 2015 I took an image of the Jupiter and Mars conjuction. Venus and Mercury were also visible. The planets appear quite small so I highlighted them in the second image. Next time ...
more ...Summary: Using a adafruit trinket with linux
I recently purchased an Adafruit trinket from BC Robotics and I had a few plans for the small microcontroller. But before I could do that I had to get my linux computer to recognize the trinket. The trinket implements USB in software rather ...
more ...Summary: Building a house monitor with python, openCV, and cloud storage.
I wanted an easy way to check on my house when I was away, and since it can get cold in the winter I also wanted to keep track of the house temperature.
I found that the simplest way ...
more ...Summary: Building a VLF solar monitor
I am in the process of building a VLF solar monitor based on the gyrator II from the AAVSO.
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