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djohnston:
This guy built a motorized chair with binoculars. It uses common parts and appears to be easy to build if you have any woodworking and mechanical skills. It's an interesting build, nonetheless. You can see it here.

melodie:
Your link is interesting. Does the man construct also for others ?

Taco.22:
I've been into astronomy since I was a kid.  I have a couple of telescopes - one set up for solar astronomy and one for night-time.  When people ask me what the best equipment for star gazing is, the answer is simple -  set of good binoculars and a banana lounge!  Lie back, get comfortable and start looking up - more to see up there than you can poke a stick at.  Love the idea of powering that - the things you can do with a cordless drill!!

melodie:

--- Citation de: ka9yhd le 24 janvier 2013 à 20:48:30 ---Stargazing with Open Source – Three FOSS apps to help you search the night sky

http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/features/stargazing-with-open-source-three-foss-apps-to-help-you-search-the-night-sky

--- Fin de citation ---

Which all three where installed by Taco for his BlackCat spinoff. (Still available in French in this page! http://tyruiop.eu/~melodie/Downloads/ISOS/PCLinuxOS_Fr_2012

(and thanks for the reminder anyhow).

Taco.22:

--- Citation de: ka9yhd ---Stargazing with Open Source – Three FOSS apps to help you search the night sky
--- Fin de citation ---


Thanks for the mention, melodie.  For those who may remember my Linux Astronomy spin on PCLOS Bonsai - it's back!!!

Well, sort of!  BlackCat was a standalone version of PCLOS Bonsai that specialized in astronomical software.  I had recently ported it over to Debian, based on an early version of Scorpio.  I have left it on the backburner due to new developments in the OB direction, but it might be ready to roll as an Alpha if people are interested.  Bit rough around the edges but ... the above apps are included!  I'll have a look at how much space I've got left on Dropbox - might need about a gig!

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