Red Barn Observatory MPC/IAU H68
Established 2006
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Steve E. Farmer Jr.
Astronomer Profile
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My name is Steve E. Farmer Jr. and I reside near a very small town in Georgia, USA called Ty Ty. I have always been interested and involved in Astronomy. In 2003, I decided to build an observatory to house my 10" reflector (and someday a larger scope). It was a real challenge to design a building with a removable roof to satisfy my personal requirements. The primary goal in the design of my observatory was to install a removable roof without the protruding railing system as seen in most "backyard observatories". I wanted a design that would appear to be an ordinary building/shop on my property when it wasn't being used. Once I sketched out the design, I began the construction. The primary dimensions are 16'x20' and the scope area measures an extra 8'x8'. Instead of the roof of the 8'x8' room "rolling off", it is easily retracted inside the larger part of the building by means of a heavy duty electric garage door opener (see Observatory). I now have a new scope installed. It's a 12" Meade LX200 GPS and I have it set-up on a equatorial mount.
My Telescopes and Astronomy Equipment:
12" Meade LX200 GPS Equatorial Mounted
10" F4.5 Equatorial Mounted Reflector
(Added JMI Reverse Crayford Focuser)
4 1/2" Equatorial
Mounted Reflector
Several Meade & Celestron Eyepieces: 9mm through 40mm
2x Meade Barlow
SBIG ST-7
Two computers installed in the observatory for control
of the telescope and SBIG camera, one "in home" computer
for image processing and asteroid/comet searches.
Member of:
The Planetary Society
NAMN North American Meteor Network
Participant in:
Stardust@Home
SETI@Home & SOHO Comet Searches
My Observatory: Red Barn Observatory
My Web Site: www.cometary.net
My SOHO Comets------------------13 SOHO comets to date and still searching...
| Comet # | DATE | NAME | GROUP | TELESCOPE | q (perihelion) |
| 1. | 2004 Dec 3 | C/2004 X4 SOHO-875 |
Kreutz | C3, C2 | 0.0049 |
| 2. | 2005 Aug 18 | C/2005 Q5 SOHO-1004 |
Kreutz | C3 | 0.0048 |
| 3. | 2005 Aug 25 | C/2005 Q7 SOHO-1007 |
Kreutz | C3 | 0.0048 |
| 4. | 2005 Aug 30 | C/2005 Q9 SOHO-1009 |
Kreutz | C3 | 0.0051 |
| 5. | 2005 Dec 19 | C/2005 Y1 SOHO-1071 |
Non-Group | C2 | 0.0983 |
| 6. | 2005 Dec 27 |
C/2005 Y9 |
Kreutz | C3, C2 | 0.0043 |
| 7. | 2006 Jan 13 | C/2006 A7 SOHO-1089 |
Kreutz |
C3 | 0.0049 |
| 8. | 2006 Feb 6 |
C/2006 C2 SOHO-1098 |
Kreutz | C3 | 0.0061 |
| 9. | 2006 Feb 10 |
C/2006 C3 SOHO-1099 |
Kreutz | C3 | 0.0052 |
| 10. | 2006 Feb 20 |
C/2006 D3 SOHO-1103 |
Kreutz | C3 | 0.0050 |
| 11. | 2006 Feb 28 |
C/2006 D6 SOHO-1106 |
Kreutz | C3 | 0.0054 |
| 12. | 2006 July 12 |
C/2006 N1 SOHO-1171 |
Kreutz | C3, C2 | 0.0056 |
| 13. | 2006 Oct. 19 | SOHO-1204 | Kreutz | C3, C2 |
Web Site:
www.cometary.net
E-Mail: sefarmer[at]cometary[dot]net
Yahoo Groups of
Interest:
stardustathome
NewHorizonsMission
sohohunter
comets-ml
comet_hunters
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