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Astronomy
Articles
The 1882 Transit of Venus observations from South Africa
The American expedition observed from Wellington --
Afrikaanse weergawe
A twin of the 6" Fitz refractor used --
Afrikaanse weergawe
A twin of the 5" Clark refractor used --
Afrikaanse weergawe
John Briggs, owner of the above scopes --
Afrikaanse weergawe
Picture of Meridian Instrument used --
Afrikaanse weergawe
The Photographic Pier details --
Afrikaanse weergawe
The Brittish expedition went to Touws River - Full page to be added soon
Unofficial Simon Newcomb links page - composed by James F. Ross
The great comet of 1997 - Hale-Bopp
Telescope Making
My 9" Telescope re-build - Main Page
Telescope Top End details
Telescope Mirror Box details
Telescope Base Mounting details
"Engineering Drawing" of this telescope
My Telescope FAQs Page
Animated GIF, morphing the rebuild
My Satellite Tracking Telescope
Extensive list of ATM (Amateur Telescope Making) Links
Software
Snappy installation software and driver collection
General positional astronomy program with real-time Alt/Az output .. Info
Program doing astronomical time calculations and occultation timing stopwatch .. Info
CoSaTrak - Do satellite tracking with your own Computerised Satellite Tracking system!
SeeCoSat, program for doing satellite predictions for CoSaTrak - by Greg Roberts
Program for selectively extracting satellite elements from big element files .. Info
Turn your PC into a 1000-lap-memory logged stopwatch for doing satellite timings .. Info
Program for doing 9, 18 & 27 point flotation mirror cell calculations by David Chandler
Astrophotography (Film and Webcam)
Modification details to turn a Vesta webcam into an astronomical imager
Modifications and tests of a low-light 1004x Surveillance Camera
My procedure for determening Focus and Exposure for eyepiece projection
See some of my attempts at astrophotography
See captured footage of Mir "colliding" with Sirius
Links
Extensive list of Astronomy related Links
Extensive list of ATM (Amateur Telescope Making) Links
Satellite Tracking
My original (manual) Satellite Tracking Telescope
CoSaTrak - Build your own Computerised Satellite Tracking system!
VisuTrak - My re-built computer controlled satellite tracking mount
VideoTrak - Greg Robert's implementation by using an ex-MoonWatch mount
Program for selectively extracting satellite elements from big element files .. Info
Turn your PC into a 1000-lap-memory logged stopwatch for doing satellite timings .. Info
See captured footage of Mir "colliding" with Sirius
Extensive list of Satellite Tracking related Links
CCDs, Vacuum & Electronics
How we identified our CCD contamination ... short version ...
long version
Extensive list of CCD related Links
Extensive list of Vacuum & Cryogenic related Links
Extensive list of Electronics related Links
Photography
A small page on our family, mainly our twins
GALLERY - The pictures I took and then liked, with a short description of each
A collection of Crazy Road Signs
A photo album of our Koorts/Rietvlei reunion, held in September 2000
An animation of pictures taken of a smoke-stack implosion
My procedure for determening Focus and Exposure for eyepiece projection
Some Resolution Tests I did on a Snappy video capturing device and a Hi8 camera
Aerial Photographs
Touws River (±1958)
Wellington (±1937)
English ..
Afrikaans
Wellington - NW view
Wellington - SE view (from du Toits Kloof pass)
Matjiesfontein
Miscellaneous
A Gematria (Theomatics) calculation program I once wrote for a friend .. Info
Extensive list of Sport related Links, covering Rugby, Cricket & Cycling
Extensive collection of Search Engines, including South African and Metasearchers
Miscellaneous Links of all sorts