OAF Richard

I’m an OAF and also a member of the Ottawa Centre, RASC. I particularly like Sidewalk Astronomy and Outreach.

Web Page Tech Stuff

I’m the technical contact person for this web page — contact with the ISP, installer of the content management software, administrator of the database, etc.

Astronomy Writings and Wramblings

A collection of articles, musings, and ideas on Astronomy (and other topics) can be found at my personal web site or at my backyard observatory.

Recently completed articles:

• Easy targets for beginners
• Introduction to star-hopping
• Explanation of Backlash in astronomy mounts

Based on feedback, the article that has been popular and seems to have been useful to a number of people is

• Setting up an Equatorial Mount