I hope I am not driving everyone crazy rolling these out one by one, but my processing time has been at a premium with work eclipsing most hours of the day and...
Welcome to the group Bart. When you get a chance give us a brief introduction. Where are you located, and what are your observing or imaging interests? ...
QuasarChile Announces Expert guided tours to Northern Chile designed for amateur astronomers are now available. -Indulge your passion to visit one of the...
The weather was not very cooperative last weekend, but perservering for two days at Chiefland Astronomy Village I was able to capture enough data between...
Hi, I am new to the group.....with a passion for astronomy! However, prob. like most of you I dont have a lot of time to take my scope out but when I do I am...
Would your astronomy organization members like to hold a piece of the solar system in their hands? Would they like to touch a piece of Mars? You can provide...
Welcome to the group Jan! I had an LX90 for several years, and I burned through many an observing list with it. It is a great and very portable scope. It was...
Just a reminder to everyone that this is a great time to do some "planet watching". From now through March 31 you can see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and...
It was a beautiful weekend with lovely clear skies at Chiefland Astronomy Village. There were lots of folks out at the observing field, so I got some great...
I am reposting this here. If you have never been to a starwalk or volunteered as a "guide", this is a wonderful experience. These are organized at Copper...
Gosh this sounds like a whole lot of fun...but as usual I have to work! Darn the luck huh? I have however posted it to my yahoo group...maybe some of those ...
Another image from last weekend at Chiefland Astronomy Village. It was not as clear as Friday night, but still very steady seeing. I have viewed M82 many...
Jan They will hold these on a monthly basis throughout the summer, so you are not completely out of luck. I will try to remember to keep posting these. It is ...
Hope you all are not tired of this one. Lately I have been going back to some of the Showpiece objects that I first imaged when I got started with the MX7c a...
I have been wanting to image this one for a while. It never gets too far off the deck even here in Florida, but it does not get much better, so gave it a shot...
Wow, Charlie. Really nice image. Yep, there are some really intense areas of nebulosity in the arms. The two little companions in the shot are neat, too. And...
Thanks Les I was able to view it through a friend's 22" Starmaster while I was imaging it. It is quite an impressive visual target as well. Regarding the...
The book Celestial Harvest by James Mullaney is an excellent collection of about 350 objects including many Messiers but also other showpiece NGC objects, many...
Les Thanks for the tip on "Celestial Harvest". The Palm planetarium program looks interesting also and I see it has an interface for the Gemini system. Charlie...
Just a quick reminder that the Starwalk up at Copper Breaks State Park is approaching and Tom Wideman is still looking for some volunteers to run some scopes. ...
Yep, my wife and I will be there. I'll have my new 16 inch F/4.5 Night Sky Scope with me. I pick it up on April 26. I'm looking forward to "baptizing" by...
I forgot to mention that I'll be there from Sunday till Friday, so I'll likely take my scope down on Thursday to be ready to leave Friday morning. Jason ... ...
Hey Jason, Our club usually tries to set up back in the NW corner - just inside the cattle guard back there. Please drop by to visit if you have the chance ...
Les, Look like I probably will have my scope put up by the time you guys get there, but we'll still be there Thursday night browsing around, visiting and...
Here is a couple of images from my last outing. NGC 4490 & 4485 are an interesting interacting pair of galaxies in the constellation Canes Venatici. The larger...
Outstanding as usual, Charlie. That G-11 is doing a superb job. And credit to the operator, too, of course. I used to enjoy NGC 4565 visually - maybe not so...
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