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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Top Secret!
» by Steve November 28th, 2008 at 12:24 pm » Comments (0)
As mentioned earlier, we have been developing a new GEM for our line up of mounts. The Proto-Type of the M1 was outstanding! We needed to make a few changes, but, ...more »Mini Tower meets Atlas!
» by Steve November 27th, 2008 at 8:10 pm » Comments (0)
[caption id="attachment_164" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Mini Tower w/Atlas"][/caption] First, Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! We hope that you are as stuffed as the bird on your table! We at Trapezium Telescopes & Services, LLC ...more »The Curse of new equipment!
» by Steve November 22nd, 2008 at 11:23 pm » Comments (0)
I have just finished the latest model of the EQ wedge for the Mini Tower. Even though the temperature is around 20 degrees I went ahead and got everything set ...more »CONGRATULATIONS iOPTRON!
» by Steve November 20th, 2008 at 2:12 pm » Comments (0)
For those that have not yet seen the news, the Mini Tower has been named one of the Hot Products of the Year by S&T Magazine. Are we surprised? No! ...more »John Bozeman IS “Da’ MAN!”
» by Steve November 20th, 2008 at 2:00 pm » Comments (0)
John Bozeman has proven beyond a doubt that it is possible to take good astro-photos with the Mini Tower! By the way, those images are done with a modified web ...more »Fresh Pictures from Outer Space
» by jbozeman November 20th, 2008 at 1:23 pm » Comments (0)
I spent most of yesterday reading up on dark frame reduction. The idea is that you make dark frames and use them to remove the hot pixels from your AVI ...more »While Steve Was Doing Arctic Trials….
» by jbozeman November 19th, 2008 at 4:03 am » Comments (0)
I was enjoying a nice 48 degree & 18% humidity evening in West Texas. Your story about the camera and M42 broke my heart. I will put a CARE package ...more »Another cold test
» by Steve November 19th, 2008 at 1:55 am » Comments (0)
WOW! I thought that last night was cold. Tonight was even worse. Also, the wind wasn't helping since it was blowing at 5 - 10 mph with gusts up to 20 ...more »Timken bearings in the Mini Tower!
» by Steve November 18th, 2008 at 12:08 am » Comments (0)
Tonight it is cold! It is easily in the mid 20's outside! I just got in from about an hour of testing and freezing, mostly the latter. I can finally ...more »The MiniTower at the Eldorado Star Party October 7 - November 2, 2008MyQue
» by BanjoJohn November 17th, 2008 at 2:29 pm » Comments (0)
My Questar 3.5" O.T.A. was on my MiniTower set up to show off the mount and how well it locates objects and tracks them. To the amazement of many who ...more »