Showing posts with label 2008. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2008. Show all posts

Friday, May 14, 2010

Happy 6th Birthday Jacob!

"Hey dad, guess what?"
"Chicken Butt?"
No Jacob's 6 years old today!

Left to Right:

Top: Birth, 5/14/2004 - 1YO 2005, 2YO 2006, 3YO 2007
Bottom: 4YO 2008, 5YO 2009, 6YO 2010, Birth, 5/14/2004

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Holiday lights 10




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Holiday lights 8




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Holiday lights 9




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Holiday lights 7




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Holiday lights 6




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Holiday lights 6

Holiday lights 5




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Holiday lights 6

Holiday lights 4




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Friday, January 23, 2009

Astronomy - Solar System Reviews




Started with a good year in 2008

2008 Solar System Review



I recall seeing a flurry of these 'composite' shots last year but not so many this year.  I was keen on getting better Icy Giants and went after Uranus and Neptune with as much precision as I could.  In all my hasty planning, I let Pluto slip away.  It's still a planet in my book so I'll have to give it just desserts next year!  I had some photos of the sun shining on the trees in my front yard and thought I'd add that to round it out, but you might find those on my homepage just as easily and I thought it would mess with the 'flow' of the sequence.

Hope you enjoy!  Looking forward to 2009!

Mike

Friday, November 7, 2008

Luna - Albategnius crater 2008.10.08

Observation logs
















With labels

Large view


Object: Moon

Moon
Origin:ObservationManager - SolarSystem Catalog 1.0
ObserverMichael A. Phillips Mr.
SiteHome
Begin2008-10-07 um 19:50:00-05:00
End2008-10-07 um 20:00:00-05:00
OpticsC8i
EyepiecePowerMate (V=812.8)
FilterAstronomik LRGB Color
CameraDMK21AF04
Sitzung2008-10-07 um 19:50:00-05:00
Visual impression

  • Albategnius crater and nearby area were of visual interest without prior planning. This always makes it hard to find out what you photographed after the fact. I wanted to get a nice mosaic together, but it didn't work out that well. I picked the main crater for now.

References

Sessions: 2008-10-07 um 19:50:00-05:00

Begin:2008-10-07 um 19:50:00-05:00
End:2008-10-07 um 20:40:00-05:00
Weather:Haze and thin clouds S: 8/10 T: 1/5
Equipment:I used: Ubuntu 8.04 Linux and custom coriander 8" Celestron C8i SCT DMK 21AF04 2.5x PowerMate Astronomik LRGB filters True Tek Color Filter Wheel with visu diag
Comments:Not a night I'd normally be going out as a slow moving cold front was moving in and brought a great amount of humidity and haze. Seeing forecast was good so I eyeballed the skies near Jupiter and decided to take a stab at it, especially with an attempt at an Io transit too. (Missed that)
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Observer: Michael A. Phillips Mr.

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Site: Home

Longitude:35.682°
Latitude:-78.743°
Timezone:UT-300 min
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Optics: C8i

Type:SCT
Vendor:Celestron
Aperture:203.0 mm
Focal length:2032.0 mm
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Eyepiece: PowerMate

Vendor:TeleVue
Focal length:2.5 mm
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Filter: Astronomik LRGB

Typ:Color
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CCD Camera: DMK21AF04

Vendor:The Image Source
Pixel:640x480

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