Singularity Observatory Diving through Glass

Singularity Observatory
Telescope Diving Through Solid Glass
by Humanoido

First Look: What happens when you take a telescope and look through a window, unopened, through all that nasty non-annealed, impure, bubble filled, non-optical, float glass? Is the image useful in any way? Can it be restored using computer image processing or is it a total loss; a blur of immeasurable proportions?

Setup
Few people know exactly what will happen so we decided to run an experiment using the largest telescope and a glass deck door, during daylight hours. The target was a tall skyscraper about a mile distant. The EP was just under an inch FL giving about 160x with a star diagonal which captured an image of the top part of the building.

Results
The image was flat and even to the edges with good color. While the average ocular produced achromatism around the edges, the image was evenly illuminated. However, no matter how careful one focussed the image, it would only remain a blur. It appeared IP would be relatively useless on the blurred image, though no cam pics were recorded at the time.

Conclusion
One needs to open the window for observing and not look through glass or the image will be blurred. In the future, it may be possible to process images taken through window glass to correct the distortions and aberrations.

Singularity Observatory Coating & Aperture Size

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Singularity Observatory
Can Big Coatings
Increase Telescope Size?
by Humanoido

The idea is to have your telescope lenses and mirrors coated to increase light transmission and reflectivity to gain the equivalent performance to that of a much larger scope without the coatings.

They say you need to eyeball the situation rather than just trust the numbers, because there are many variables.

So I set out to countless star parties to compare as many telescopes as possible. Apples to apples and oranges to oranges, for consistent testing. First up was my 12.25" Newtonian with a coated mirror giving performance on light gathering with deep sky objects and it was the same as a 16" without the coatings. Similar tests showed the 14" comparable to the 18", an 8-inch compared to a 12-inch, and the 9.25" compared to approximately a 13-inch. There are still many 13-inch scopes around made from Coulter Optics from some years ago, for comparison. The 4.25" was like an 8-inch. Other scopes with coatings were consistently of larger diameter in performance, in terms of light gathering power, compared to plain scopes. Of course this test is entirely subjective, qualitative and may vary from user to user.

Optics
Enhanced VS Plain
4.25" - 8"
6" - 10"
8" - 12"
9.25" - 13
12.25 - 16"
14" - 18"

Remember that all optical surfaces need coatings. SCT correctors have a front and back, and often have extra lenses located internally near the visual back in EdgeHD versions. Eyepieces may have 7 optical sets that all need coating. These lenses also have two sides. The coating on a mirror should be a dialectric coating of proper thickness to generate constructive interference of light waves. For a glass lens, the maximum transmission is important while minimizing reflections. Glass lenses also have multiple surfaces to be considered. Therefore telescope testing may vary depending on a wide variety of other corrector lens and oculars. Some optical companies will offer objective mirrors with coated silver for the highest reflectivity but at a significantly higher cost. The extra cost of coatings can be well worth the extra performance indicative of larger diameter aperture size. In the case of Newtonian reflectors, it's important to coat both the primary mirror and the secondary diagonal as well, and inclusive of the ocular elements. Some FRs are uncoated and eyepieces too, so choose accessories wisely. In one example, an ocular was only half coated so double check your optics when testing.

Singularity Observatory Telescope Indoor Observing

Celestron's largest most massive Aplanatic telescope aims at the sky through an open deck door

Singularity Observatory
Indoor Telescope Observing!
by Humanoido

Last summer heat rose to 120 degrees week after week in the shade. In the winter, the Monsoon period brought month after month of intermittent rain. Such intense heat or even a rain drop on a sensitive optical coating can destroy a telescope. Massive telescopes weighing many hundreds of pounds are not easily moved indoors and out. It also takes time to put on and take off coverings when suddenly a downpour happens. Is there a better solution?

Normally one would never put a telescope in a home and observe from the inside of the home. Heat waves from temperature differentials would destroy clear viewing. And, viewing through window glass is horrendous, causing smeared blurred images that won't focus. Not to mention vibrations from family members or apartment rental dudes walking around on the floor or your ceiling. But special circumstances require special measures.

During telescope assembly, it takes two people to place the massive OTA onto the mount, and one does not want to disassemble it and repeat the process anytime soon! The author wants only big telescopes, choosing to use the largest telescopes made by Celestron Company,  even they weigh in at several hundred pounds. In fact, the one telescope is so large it won't fit into many homes. So what to do?

The author has solved all these challenges with Celestron's largest and most massive Aplanatic telescope, applied indoors for observational astronomy. Here's how it's done:

* Keep the telescope fully assembled
* The telescope is placed in one room
* The telescope is vibration insulated from the floor
* The room has deck access with large sliding glass doors
* The room can be fully enclosed with a door

Close the room door, open the deck doors, and let the temperature stabilize for several hours. Position the telescope for the best sky position relative to the open deck doors for max viewing. It's likely the telescope will need to move as close as possible to the sliding glass door opening. This is your viewing portal, like an observatory dome slit opening with bi-parting shutter doors.

For approximated polar alignment, use an electronic compass. You won't be able to see the North Star or true north. If you want to use a GOTO computerized mounting, additionally use the one star alignment process on a known visible star through your sky portal. Calculate the size of the available sub section of sky and program it into your sky program on an adjacent computer or mobile device. Now you can determine which objects, i.e. Moon, planets, deep sky objects, etc. will be visible within your sky section, on certain days, seasons and times.

As the Earth turns, celestial objects become visible at different times and seasons. Access this information for best results. The plan works best when the deck doors face South, but it's also workable if they face East or West. Planets, like Venus, often flip from East as a morning object to West as an evening object. The Moon is seasonal, being in a better position depending on Spring or Fall. Deep Sky objects also rise and set and lie within seasonal constellations. Become a sleuth, doing the detective work to determine which objects of interest will grace the confines of your sky portal.

Note! Check back soon to see how this experiment pans out. We are planning to image the Full Moon on Thursday, March 21st, 2019, when it's calculated to be in the perfect position, fitting into the available sky view after rising in the East in the evening. Calculations show the indoor telescope looking through the open deck door will see almost up to 45 degrees elevation.

Singularity Observatory Weather Errant

Great Weather Fluctuations - Grab the Moon Before it's Too Late!
If you see one clear hour, you'd better grab it! Singularity Observatory - in the Spring and Fall, there are subtle short term fluctuations in weather patterns that could easily go unnoticed.

The short term weather changes, with a clear sky for example, hold extreme value to the Observatory. The idea is to be ready and alert, and harness these changes by understanding the patterns and having preparedness to jump into action at a moment's notice.

In this Pacific Ocean region, there is great weather stability, so over the long term an overcast Monsoon fog day will be multiplied by many days. Day after day after day, it looks exactly like the same repeating weather. However, to the watchful eye, there are very short changes, such as an hour here, 20 minutes there, when the sky occasional breaks from its very consistent weather pattern.

Likewise a Summer clear day follows the same pattern of repeating longevity However there are occasional and intermittent very short term disruptions to these weather patterns that are very short lived. Disruptions can be good. Last night was a great opportunity, after months of Monsoon, to view the effects of a short lived disruption.

The entire day was overcast, fog, smog, rain. Suddenly in the evening hour, the sky became clear, the Moon appeared, and an hour later the clear sky had vanished just as fast as it appeared. Then for days, it will go back to the same weather pattern - overcast, fog, smog, rain. For the moment of that one golden treasurable hour, astronomical viewing was fantastic. Grab it and run with it. You've gotta do it, otherwise all astronomical observational programs during the Monsoon period will be on hold.

In regards to a telescope, an astronomer must be a detective sleuth ready at a moments notice to spring into action to capture these clear night hours here and there to conduct research and effective observational programs. There are no known studies of these holes in long term weather patterns. However, Humanoido at Singularity Observatory has utilized the holes or cracks in clouds for quick astronomical telescopic observing (see blogs). Shooting telescopically through these openings can be greatly rewarding because the short term data gains can be summed with other data.

Let's say the goal is to image M57, the Ring Nebula. You could expose the plate for an hour, stop, wait for another hour three days later, expose another hour, and by the end of the month, sum all the images into one equivocally large time exposure.

The Gibbous Moon image illustrates the type of lunar soil color study typically conducted through a one hour errant in the atmosphere. In knowing the spectral responses of the electronic detector and utilizing advanced imaging analysis software, the soil content is spectroscopically analyzed and determined.

Space1 Bias

Bias
Bias is impossible to completely avoid - it permeates every aspect of life.

Take for example recently, we asked a simple product question about a popular lens for telescopes and got a hundred varying replies, all different.

Sure, we might think the opinions and experiences of different people lead to different results. However, even so called stated supposedly factual specifications of the same product wildly varied like day and night, from one sales company to another. What's up with that? Have we discovered something worse than fake news? False advertising?

Going on the Forum found nearly a thousand posts, all with different opinions. Some people were asking the same question - is there or is there not "optical correction" within the lens combination? There was no definitive answer.  Best guess is the lens combo product is offered "as is" without any specs and probably comes from China where there was no translation if information was offered, and undoubtedly no specs offered as no company even offered a vague translation.

How could this happen in a technical field of astronomy and astrophysics? Are people willing to buy a product by guess only? Is the cost low enough to take a wild gamble and warrant throwing your money into the wind?

Times have undoubtedly changed over the years. Now we have social media with millions of different opinions. Take for example another product, like an air filter. 500 people gave one product top rating, while another 500 gave it the worst rating. How is that possible? Bias.

Singularity Observatory Great Adventure

A telescope so large, it boggles the human mind, heart and soul. Its photo image view is so vast it cannot fit the camera lens. A telescope so fantastic it pours in fabulous results, objects of bright colors & shapes from unknown origins and dimensions, connected to a Universe of mystery, space, time and intrigue. We dare you to participate. We dare you to follow along and possibly witness the outer reaches of unknown dimensions that no human has seen before. With Singularity Observatory's two of the largest telescopes in the world, the 1,325-inch and the 1,800-inch diameter, both amped & dielectric enhanced, plus SPACE1's two rockets - Rocket X and the Electrodynamic Rocket, the world and Universe is just beginning to open up a massive unknown deep portal - new doors to what lies beyond.

We've only just begun
Space1 & Singularity Observatory - Team up for the Greatest Adventure
You about to participate in a great adventure. We control the content. We control the rockets, telescopes & thinking machines. We control the location of where you go. We control the experience of absolute awe and the sudden shock appearance of the magnificent.

You are about to witness the mystery of the greatest adventure, from rockets to telescopes, from enriched vistas of the outer universe to fulfillment of the inner mind. Come join us in this greatest adventure. Follow our discoveries and partake in brave journeys to bold places. This is the place where we will divulge the greatest deep dark secrets to the most incredible adventures. Check back here, because we've only just begun.

Singlularity Observatory Telescope Gone Wild

The bottom left photo shows an image of M27 taken through the normal telescope at a normal focal ratio. The top image shows the exact same object but with the enhancements of amping, dialectrics, and the incredible fast add-on lensing combination of f1.75. The new image shows spectacular differences in color, contrast, image scale, nebulosity, and deep stellar magnitude penetration, all improved to a fantastic level, making the 1,325-inch telescope in a new league of its own. This telescope has Chameleon type qualities, able to reconfigure from one type of telescope into another and another. There is the wild possibility that nearly every new image taken with this spectacular telescope will become a new discovery image. Note: unless you're looking at this large image comparison on a big screen computer, the full effect may not be visible on small mobile devices.

Telescope Gone Wild
Humanoido, Director of Singularity Observatory and the Astrophysics Lab at United Humanoido Laboratories, has incredibly taken the 1,325-inch diameter Amped Dialectric telescope and changed its design into a new one with the ultimate focal ratio of an incredibly fast f/1.75 system.

The redesign was possible using a doubling of multi optic sets and the raw coupling plates from Charge Coupled Devices. At f1.75, this extreme fast lensing and reflective telescope acts like a fast ultra large massive Schmidt Camera, and shows a mind boggling amount of celestial objects and detail like never before.

The technique is derived in part by using specific combinations of optics calculated mathematically to provide the significant change in EFL. Lenses and optical set arrays from at least four optical companies provide the part combinations necessary to drive the 1325. A fifth company provided the optical charge coupling plates. Company suppliers are located in the United States, Germany, Canada, and China. Some of these lenses have special precision dialectrics to improve performance.