Sunday, November 9, 2014

October saw some great clear skies - part 2, the nebula edition

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This edition is very nebula heavy.  Nebula are interesting in their aesthetics and beauty but are foreboding, inhospitable places.  In sharp...
Saturday, November 1, 2014

October saw some great clear skies -- Part 1

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This month was full of many clear days.  I took advantage First up is NGC 100, which according to http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc1.ht...
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

A refreshed Little Dumbbell - M76

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I had previously shot this target on the same telescope ( +Akule   ) last year but used a DSLR. Here's my more recent effort with a CC...
Monday, September 29, 2014

Uranus and 5 moon animation

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Taken over the span of 36 minutes on September 28th, 2014.  I was able to image; Titania (mag. 13.9), dimmest Miranda (mag. 16.5), Ariel (ma...
Monday, September 22, 2014

And then there was ONE

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I'm rolling through the Messier Catalog.  It's 8 or so years in the works but I now have images of 109 of the 110 objects!  Only one...
Sunday, August 17, 2014

A few more for the Messier colletion

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I struggle with trees in my yard that obscure a large portion of my night sky. I setup my 14" telescope in one of the only areas that...
Friday, August 15, 2014

Messier 57, the Ring Nebula - shaking off the dust

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After about 6 weeks of rain and clouds we here in North Carolina caught a brief 3 day break of sun and STARS!!! Full res on AstroBin - htt...