A collection of random, unconnected things.

John Cole

PiPiece

A Raspberry Pi 5 Case for use with the HQ Camera V3 and a HyperPixel 4.0 Screen.

PiPiece UI

A Raspberry Pi-based camera control system designed for astrophotography, featuring a web-based interface for controlling the Raspberry Pi HQ Camera.

M27

The Dumbbell Nebula (also known as the Apple Core Nebula, Messier 27, and NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula (nebulosity surrounding a white dwarf) in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1360 light-years.

NGC 7293

The Helix Nebula (also known as NGC 7293 or Caldwell 63) is a planetary nebula (PN) located in the constellation Aquarius.

M1

The Crab Nebula (catalogue designations M1, NGC 1952, Taurus A) is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus.

M8 and M20

The Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8 (NGC 6523) and Messier 20 (NGC 6514) is also known as the Trifid Nebula.

M33

Messier 33 (NGC 598) is commonly known as the Triangulum Galaxy.

IC443

IC 443 (also known as the Jellyfish Nebula and Sharpless 248 (Sh2-248)) is a galactic supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Gemini.

Projects

My personal projects group into a few areas. I like to create and print 3D things, and I use OpenJSCad to create them. I also have a lot of fun with Astrophotography and have a few software projects aimed towards that.

You can also browse my shared Astronomy Album

3D Printing

Bahtinov Mask - A parametric Bahtinov mask generator for astrophotography. Create custom-sized 3D printable focusing masks tailored to your telescope's aperture and tube diameter. Built with OpenJSCAD, this tool generates precision masks with adjustable bar width, gap spacing, and resolution for optimal focusing performance. Gitlab Project
PiPiece - A Raspberry Pi 5 Case for use with the HQ Camera V3 and a HyperPixel 4.0 Screen. Gitlab Project
picam3 - A Raspberry Pi case for the HQ Camera. Gitlab Project
scope-jack - GitLab Project
square-stencil
cube-hook
pvc-joints
shower-spacer
pitablet
picase - GitLab Project
light-clamp
kcup - GitLab Project
bahtanov generator

Astrophotography

PiPiece UI A Raspberry Pi-based camera control system designed for astrophotography, featuring a web-based interface for controlling the Raspberry Pi HQ Camera.
fits-viewer - GitLab Project This is a streaming fits file loader, intended to allow processing while data is loaded. The example applicaiton creates the image from 1 or 3 axis fits images as the data chunks are read in.
phd2 for pitablet A customized version of OpenPHD2 for a 800x480 screen.
scope-pi - GitLab Project A raspberry pi case that fits on a telescope.
scope shelf Using a Raspberry Pi with the 7-inch LCD for a telescope works really well, but it needs a place to rest near the scope because of the attached cables. A telescopes hand controller has a clip to hang it off of a tripod leg, this would be nice for the small tablet.

openjscad

jscad-browserify-test - Gitlab Project A test jscad project to use jscad-utils and the csg-viewer
jscad-utils - Gitlab Project This is a collection of utilities for openjscad projects. These modify the CSG object adding utilities for alignment, scaling and colors. There are also some basic parts that use outside dimensions rather than radii.
jscad-raspberrypi - Gitlab Project This is a collection of jscad parts that model a RaspberryPi BPlus and various Hats. These models use the jscad-utils library and return jscad-utils group objects .
jscad-hardware - Gitlab Project This is a collection of jscad parts that model a common Imperial and Metric bolts and washers. These models use the jscad-utils library and return jscad-utils group objects
jscad-gears - jscad parts library to create gears
jscad-test-utils - Utilities to help test jscad project using image snapshots and AVA