Hi Jv, On 23 Nov 2012, at 11:57, RJV <jv.ravichand...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > This looks like a great activity to me. I am unable to find what kind of > telescopes (in India) can be used and help to this effect on the downloads > page as a Readme would be very helpful. > > Has anybody used a physical telescope with this activity and what type? > Thanks for any response. Have a look at the learning resources pdf at: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Moon#Learning_Resources This covers research into a low cost monocular project that Telescope activity was originally aimed at. For Moon observing I have had fair success using a Brunton 10-30x21 monocular. It can be carefully held against the XO bezel over the camera, but that's quite hard work to keep everything still and pointed at the correct location ;) The above project uses a mounting bracket that attaches the monocular firmly to the XO so it is easier to aim. For imaging planets (e.g Jupiter/Saturn with moons) that monocular does not quite get enough light into the camera to show the moons, though I do have a light polluted sky here so you might manage better. You might also like this shot Sameer Verma tweeted recently: https://twitter.com/sameerverma/status/271428793476980736/photo/1 Regards, --Gary P.S. I have a collection of Moon test images I should really go upload to the wiki soon... > Jv > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Simon Schampijer <si...@schampijer.de> > wrote: > > > Am 20.11.2012 um 06:23 schrieb Martin Langhoff <martin.langh...@gmail.com>: > > > On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:58 PM, Chris Leonard > > <cjlhomeaddr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> As I recall, this activity was already renamed once from xoscope after > >> it became clear it was colliding in name space with an oscilloscpe > >> activity. > > > > Renames are a pain in infrastructure, and in upgrade handling for users. > > > > I would say prefer to retain the current name until there's an > > overwhelming case for change. > > > > Agreed. A rename should be well thought through. If you do it, agreed with > what Chris said, please use a cerb. > > Thanks, > Simon > > > > cheers, > > > > > > > > m > > -- > > martin.langh...@gmail.com > > mar...@laptop.org -- Software Architect - OLPC > > - ask interesting questions > > - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first > > - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff > > _______________________________________________ > > Devel mailing list > > de...@lists.laptop.org > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > de...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > > > -- > Regards, > > Ravichandran Jv > http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > de...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel