I found the comet this morning at 5:30am. It's reported to be magnitude 7.8. Perihelion was Dec. 13 at 1.17AU. It will dim as it heads for the pole. It will be...
I forgot to mention that I found the comet from my back yard, despite the light that lights up the back yard. I'm going to try moving the scope to the front...
I viewed the comet again this morning. I got up at 5:00am, had to polar align the mount, set screw the motors on, etc. Found the comet right off, not changed...
I posted the pictures I took last night of the comet. They're not spectacular, but...<br>The comet appeared green in the pictures and there was one star in the...
Yeah, the film was Kodak 400 Max and the exposures where around 30 seconds, longer for the ones that are elongated, maybe 2 minutes. I usually keep Kodak 800...
I just got an e-mail from one of the club members asking me to describe My methods of astro photography. <br>O.K.; I am using a Meade 8" on an equatorial mount...
I’ve been experimenting with a handheld Sony Mavica Digital Camera. It was focused on infinity and held to the eyepiece of my Tele Vue Genesis. This will ...
Seeing that there was no more snow in my backyard and that the skies were clear I got to observe for the first time in a month. Following Alan’s advice I ...
Way to go, Steve. If you can get to Claude next weekend (if this furshlunginger weather will ever take pity on us) I think that we can give you some pointers ...
Way to go Steve. Finding the Messier's in town can be a fun and challenging project. I think trying for all 110 objects would be very interesting. M1 might be...
I've already seen M31/32/57/15 from my backyard but I didn't think to log them at the time. I'm considering a narrowband or OIII filter to help with nebula. ...
I tried capturing the planets one more time through a Sony Mavica digital camera. This time I had the camera on a separate tripod and I used the timer on the ...
Nick,<br><br>I tried the webcam on the Sun Saturday afternoon. There was way too much wind which made fine motion on the scope impossible. I did manage to get...
We are way over due for a good night at Claude. I would be happy to show you a few eyepieces. If you want a 2" Lumicon UHC filter let me know. I've got two and...
I don't know about doomed. Some people have pretty good luck with webcams.<br><br>Check out these that Mark Pippen made with a ST80 and an 8" Celestron ...
I copied this from another club page.<br><br><br>Read it all, especially the Second paragraph...<br><br><br>On Sunday evening, January 7th, observers in...
I found a webpage that has a JAVA display of Jupiters moons and shadows. It's cool to play with. You can change the time and it can show the positions past or...
Well, that was cool. I saw the shadow of Io but dont think I saw the shadow of Ganymede. I used a 26mm eyepiece and a barlow in front of the diagonal. It was ...
Very interesting site. It gives me some hope. It really was hard to focus on the Sun. The computer screen was nearly impossible to see, so I imagine the Moon ...
That was more in reference to me. I can't imagine myself ever having enough patience to try real astrophotography. Taking snapshots of the Moon is the only...
Steve, M1 is easy from town with a filter. I personally like the O-III, but the Crab is still pretty easy with a UHC. Used Matthew's Meade 6", so get after it!...
One and all, the weather for this coming Saturday night might end up awesome!!! Let's get the big upper level storm outa here, and let the subsequent cold ...
I am more than ready. Tried to get out for a little bit more than driveway, light polluted observing on Saturday, but the seeing was lousy, as expected, after...
For a great image of the Horsehead Nebula, go to<br><a href=http://www.webpak.net/~csand/hh.htm target=new>http://www.webpak.net/~csand/hh.htm</a><br><br>The...
