Willie's Home Page, Site Map
(This page will look bad when viewed in large fonts)
HOME (http://www.saao.ac.za/~wpk/)
![](line.gif)
Astronomy
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
Articles
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
The 1882 Transit of Venus observations from South Africa
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
The American expedition observed from Wellington --
Afrikaanse weergawe
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
A twin of the 6" Fitz refractor used --
Afrikaanse weergawe
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
A twin of the 5" Clark refractor used --
Afrikaanse weergawe
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
John Briggs, owner of the above scopes --
Afrikaanse weergawe
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
Picture of Meridian Instrument used --
Afrikaanse weergawe
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
The Photographic Pier details --
Afrikaanse weergawe
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
The Brittish expedition went to Touws River - Full page to be added soon
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
Unofficial Simon Newcomb links page - composed by James F. Ross
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
The great comet of 1997 - Hale-Bopp
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
Telescope Making
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
My 9" Telescope re-build - Main Page
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
Telescope Top End details
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
Telescope Mirror Box details
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
Telescope Base Mounting details
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
"Engineering Drawing" of this telescope
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
My Telescope FAQs Page
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
Animated GIF, morphing the rebuild
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
My Satellite Tracking Telescope
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
Extensive list of ATM (Amateur Telescope Making) Links
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
Software
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
Snappy installation software and driver collection
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
General positional astronomy program with real-time Alt/Az output .. Info
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
Program doing astronomical time calculations and occultation timing stopwatch .. Info
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
CoSaTrak - Do satellite tracking with your own Computerised Satellite Tracking system!
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
SeeCoSat, program for doing satellite predictions for CoSaTrak - by Greg Roberts
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
Program for selectively extracting satellite elements from big element files .. Info
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
Turn your PC into a 1000-lap-memory logged stopwatch for doing satellite timings .. Info
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
Program for doing 9, 18 & 27 point flotation mirror cell calculations by David Chandler
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
Astrophotography (Film and Webcam)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
Modification details to turn a Vesta webcam into an astronomical imager
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
Modifications and tests of a low-light 1004x Surveillance Camera
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
My procedure for determening Focus and Exposure for eyepiece projection
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
See some of my attempts at astrophotography
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
See captured footage of Mir "colliding" with Sirius
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
![](line.gif)
Links
![](line.gif)
![](blnk.gif)
Extensive list of Astronomy related Links
![](line.gif)
![](blnk.gif)
Extensive list of ATM (Amateur Telescope Making) Links
![](line.gif)
Satellite Tracking
![](line.gif)
My original (manual) Satellite Tracking Telescope
![](line.gif)
CoSaTrak - Build your own Computerised Satellite Tracking system!
![](line.gif)
VisuTrak - My re-built computer controlled satellite tracking mount
![](line.gif)
VideoTrak - Greg Robert's implementation by using an ex-MoonWatch mount
![](line.gif)
Program for selectively extracting satellite elements from big element files .. Info
![](line.gif)
Turn your PC into a 1000-lap-memory logged stopwatch for doing satellite timings .. Info
![](line.gif)
See captured footage of Mir "colliding" with Sirius
![](line.gif)
Extensive list of Satellite Tracking related Links
![](line.gif)
CCDs, Vacuum & Electronics
![](line.gif)
How we identified our CCD contamination ... short version ...
long version
![](line.gif)
Extensive list of CCD related Links
![](line.gif)
Extensive list of Vacuum & Cryogenic related Links
![](line.gif)
Extensive list of Electronics related Links
![](line.gif)
Photography
![](line.gif)
A small page on our family, mainly our twins
![](line.gif)
GALLERY - The pictures I took and then liked, with a short description of each
![](line.gif)
A collection of Crazy Road Signs
![](line.gif)
A photo album of our Koorts/Rietvlei reunion, held in September 2000
![](line.gif)
An animation of pictures taken of a smoke-stack implosion
![](line.gif)
My procedure for determening Focus and Exposure for eyepiece projection
![](line.gif)
Some Resolution Tests I did on a Snappy video capturing device and a Hi8 camera
![](line.gif)
Aerial Photographs
![](line.gif)
Touws River (±1958)
![](line.gif)
Wellington (±1937)
English ..
Afrikaans
![](line.gif)
Wellington - NW view
![](line.gif)
Wellington - SE view (from du Toits Kloof pass)
![](line.gif)
Matjiesfontein
![](line.gif)
Miscellaneous
![](blnk.gif)
A Gematria (Theomatics) calculation program I once wrote for a friend .. Info
![](blnk.gif)
Extensive list of Sport related Links, covering Rugby, Cricket & Cycling
![](blnk.gif)
Extensive collection of Search Engines, including South African and Metasearchers
![](blnk.gif)
Miscellaneous Links of all sorts