Central Arkansas Astronomical Society
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Thanks to the tireless efforts of Bill Engberg, Bruce & Robert McMath plus Chris Lasley & Danny Flippo and Jack & Jim Dixon, the RRO now has a nature trail that winds around to the south of the observing field from the fire pit back to the parking lot. Thank you!
I am happy to report that the RRORRT is back online and ready for use.
Back in November, the mount for the LX 200 gave out. Dr. Jeff Robertson was able to get funding for a new mount. The Astrophysics 1100GTO is more reliable and opens up greater opportunities for astrophotography and more precise observing runs with fewer errors.
A couple of weekends ago, Jeff, Chris Lasley, Danny Flippo and I met up at RRO to install the new mount.
On Friday, Jeff went up and mounted the LX200 OTA. Saturday evening Danny and Chris finished the installation and performed and necessary alignments and it had its first run last night. There may be some tweaks to the system in the coming weeks, but for all intents and purposes, the RRORRT is now available.
Thank you to Jeff for making this new mount happen, and to Danny and Chris for their expertise. And, a big thanks to you, our users. Your interest in and support for this project has taken it from “proof of concept” and helped the RRORRT to evolve into a more serious platform for photometry and astrophotography.
2016 is going to be an exciting year!
Stephen Caldwell, RRORRT Project Manager (CAAS)
Join us on January 9th at 6 PM for our regular monthly meeting, 5 PM if you are going to join us for the supper bowl. We’ll have a presentation and observing afterward if conditions allow.
Our agenda for Saturday is as follows:
As always, meetings of the Central Arkansas Astronomical Society are open to the public.
Supper bowl will be at 5PM. Price will be $5 each. Please RSVP so we will know how much to make.
