Thanks, Gary. I must mention here that the Moon activity is one of my favorites.<div><br></div><div>Having been an astronomy buff, I can understand what the modern sky does to the activity. At times, even Sirius is not visible where I live, where a couple of decades back I and my friends could spot Andromeda or so we believed :)! The polluted sky is probably more assertive here in Delhi !</div> <div><br></div><div>>> <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The above project uses a mounting bracket that attaches the monocular firmly to the XO so it is easier to aim.</span></div> <div>Thanks for this very useful info, will try it if I can get hold of a monocular here. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Jv</div><div><br></div><div>>> <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">P.S. I have a collection of Moon test images I should really go upload to the wiki soon...</span></div> <div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Will look out for them! I am sure I would like to help in anyway if I can with this! :)</span></div><div class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Gary Martin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:garycmartin@googlemail.com" target="_blank">garycmartin@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Jv,<br> <div class="im"><br> On 23 Nov 2012, at 11:57, RJV <<a href="mailto:jv.ravichandran@gmail.com">jv.ravichandran@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> <br> > Hi,<br> ><br> > 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.<br> ><br> > Has anybody used a physical telescope with this activity and what type? Thanks for any response.<br> <br> </div>Have a look at the learning resources pdf at:<br> <br> <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Moon#Learning_Resources" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Moon#Learning_Resources</a><br> <br> 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.<br> <br> You might also like this shot Sameer Verma tweeted recently:<br> <br> <a href="https://twitter.com/sameerverma/status/271428793476980736/photo/1" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sameerverma/status/271428793476980736/photo/1</a><br> <br> Regards,<br> --Gary<br> <br> P.S. I have a collection of Moon test images I should really go upload to the wiki soon...<br> <div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br> > Jv<br> ><br> ><br> > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Simon Schampijer <<a href="mailto:simon@schampijer.de">simon@schampijer.de</a>> wrote:<br> ><br> ><br> > Am 20.11.2012 um 06:23 schrieb Martin Langhoff <<a href="mailto:martin.langhoff@gmail.com">martin.langhoff@gmail.com</a>>:<br> ><br> > > On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:58 PM, Chris Leonard<br> > > <<a href="mailto:cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com">cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> > >> As I recall, this activity was already renamed once from xoscope after<br> > >> it became clear it was colliding in name space with an oscilloscpe<br> > >> activity.<br> > ><br> > > Renames are a pain in infrastructure, and in upgrade handling for users.<br> > ><br> > > I would say prefer to retain the current name until there's an<br> > > overwhelming case for change.<br> > ><br> ><br> > Agreed. A rename should be well thought through. If you do it, agreed with what Chris said, please use a cerb.<br> ><br> > Thanks,<br> > Simon<br> ><br> ><br> > > cheers,<br> > ><br> > ><br> > ><br> > > m<br> > > --<br> > > <a href="mailto:martin.langhoff@gmail.com">martin.langhoff@gmail.com</a><br> > > <a href="mailto:martin@laptop.org">martin@laptop.org</a> -- Software Architect - OLPC<br> > > - ask interesting questions<br> > > - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first<br> > > - <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff</a><br> > > _______________________________________________<br> > > Devel mailing list<br> > > <a href="mailto:Devel@lists.laptop.org">Devel@lists.laptop.org</a><br> > > <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel</a><br> > _______________________________________________<br> > Devel mailing list<br> > <a href="mailto:Devel@lists.laptop.org">Devel@lists.laptop.org</a><br> > <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel</a><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > --<br> > Regards,<br> ><br> > Ravichandran Jv<br> > <a href="http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com</a><br> > _______________________________________________<br> > Devel mailing list<br> > <a href="mailto:Devel@lists.laptop.org">Devel@lists.laptop.org</a><br> > <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel</a><br> <br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Regards,<br><br>Ravichandran Jv<br><a href="http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com">http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com</a><br> </div>